UKRAINE, Apr 2 — As of March 2024, Ukrainian courts made 397 judgments about compensations of damages Russia caused by its military aggression since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, reports Opendatabot, Ukrainian monitoring service.
Opendatabot says the number of cases like these is increasing. Courts made 44 judgments for damages compensations in 2022, 262 in 2023, and 91 in the first three months of 2024.
Out of those, 292 decisions were made in favor of citizens, and 105 — in favor of businesses. Currently, at least 487 cases for damages compensations against Russia are opened: 310 of them initiated by citizens requiring compensation, and 177 by businesses.
Opendatabot noted that it’s impossible to enforce these judgments for now because the “necessary mechanisms are absent.”
However, today, the Register of Damage for Ukraine began operations in The Hague, reported Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. The Register will document the evidence of damages caused by Russia and the claims for damages or injury compensations. Their official website states that the Register is “a significant international effort and the first step towards a mechanism that will ensure justice and compensation for Ukraine and its people”
For now, according to the Register’s press center, they only accept applications that consider claims for compensation of property damage or destruction only, European Pravda (EP) reports. They’ll start to accept other categories of claims during the year.
Ukrainian citizens who suffered during Russian aggression can apply to the Register via Diia, a digital e-governance app in Ukraine.
Photo credits: A residential building destroyed by Russian S-300 missiles in Odnorobivka, Bohodukhiv district / Denys Glushko for Gwara Media
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