Ukraine is expanding the mechanism for compensating for losses from Russian aggression — the International Register of Damage has opened four more categories of claims.
This was reported by the "Diia" portal, where you can submit applications online.
The registry now includes the following additional categories:
- A4.1 — loss of access to medical care: if you were unable to receive necessary treatment for a long time due to destroyed medical facilities or the lack of doctors;
- A4.2 — loss of access to education: due to damage to the educational institution, occupation, danger to life, or lack of the opportunity to study remotely;
- A2.10 — other violations of international law: for cases not covered by other categories. For example, restrictions on access to humanitarian aid, water, heating or electricity, coercion to obtain Russian citizenship, use of civilians as “human shields”, and others;
- A3.7 — other economic losses: loss of material support due to the death or disappearance of a loved one, medical or funeral expenses, loss of valuable movable property or assets of an individual entrepreneur, and others.
To submit applications under these categories, you need to log in to "Diia", open the "Reparations: International Register of Damage" section, select the desired category, fill out the application and submit it. The application is automatically sent to the International Register of Damage.
Register of Damage due to Russian aggression
The International Register of Damage was established on May 17, 2023, and the agreement was signed by more than 40 member states of the Council of Europe, as well as the USA, Japan, and Canada. It began operating in April 2024. As of mid-August, the Register had already received almost 180 000 applications from Ukrainians.
One of the instruments of this register is the Compensation Commission, which is supposed to study all applications and assess the real amount of damages — its creation was supported by PACE and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada. In the third stage, the Russian Federation is supposed to pay compensation.
Ukraine also has a Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property, which went into effect in 2022. If people used the “eRecovery” program, information about the damage caused is recorded in this register, and they have a report of the commission survey of the damage from the local authorities.
As the executive director of the International Register of Damage Markiyan Klyuchkovsky said, at the first stages of the program, they decided to take information from the Register from the state.
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