Register of Damage for Ukraine: new claims categories concerning the Ukrainian state and legal entities opened

The Register of Damage for Ukraine - the body set up within the Council of Europe framework responsible for recording claims of damage as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation - has officially launched first categories of claims for compensation for legal entities and for the state of Ukraine. The opening of these categories makes it possible, for the first time, to document the true scale of the systemic economic losses of the state and of business, which is essential for gathering the evidence on the basis of which decisions on compensation against the Russian state will be subsequently made.

The categories in question are: damage or destruction of critical and non-critical infrastructure (B1.1, B1.2, C1.1, C1.2); and damage, destruction or loss of assets (C3.1).

Categories mark new departure in justice for Ukraine

This is a fundamentally new stage in the work of the Register of Damage. For the first time, the opening of claims categories enables the recording of not only individual losses, but also systemic economic losses sustained by business entities and by the state of Ukraine as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

It concerns a different scale and a different dimension of the consequences of the war - the destruction of infrastructure, the loss of production capacities and assets, the disruption of supply chains, and the interference with the functioning of entire sectors of the economy. This damage has a long-term impact and determines the state's ability to recover and function.

Who can make claims in these new categories?

Claims in C categories can be submitted by any legal persons, regardless of the organisational and legal form and form of ownership, including state and municipal enterprises.

Categories B of claims are available for the state of Ukraine, state authorities, state institutions, local-self-governments, communities, municipalities, etc.

For which type of damage a claim can be submitted?

Claims may be submitted for compensation for the value of destroyed or damaged infrastructure or property, as well as for the costs of its repairs or restoration (including future costs) (categories related to infrastructure, B1.1, B1.2, C1.1 and C1.2).

Claims can also now be made concerning damage, destruction or loss of assets, loss of profits from such assets, total loss of business or other direct costs associated with such losses (category C3.1).

How can a claim be submitted?

Claims are submitted via the Diia web portal on behalf of a legal person or a state authority by the responsible person or an appointed representative.

What happens next?

Claims that meet the eligibility requirements will be recorded in the register and subsequently transmitted to the future Claims Commission, which will determine the amount of compensation due. In December 2025, 35 countries and the European Union signed the Convention on the establishment of an International Claims Commission under the auspices of the Council of Europe. Almost 150,000 claims have been submitted to the Register across the 16 categories opened to date. The Register has now processed and recorded more than 45,000 claims.

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