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Register of Damage for Ukraine Opens Claims for Legal Entities and the State of Ukraine

On 29 April 2026, the Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U) officially launched the first claims categories available to legal entities and the State of Ukraine.

1. Background

RD4U is an international organisation established under the auspices of the Council of Europe and based in The Hague. It was established to record evidence and claims for damage caused by the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine. Until now, the RD4U open categories have focused primarily on natural persons, covering displacement, personal injury, death, and damage to residential property.

New categories B1.1, B1.2, C1.1, C1.2 and C3.1 are now open, enabling businesses, state authorities and local self-governments to document infrastructure damage and asset losses for future compensation. For the first time, RD4U is positioned to capture systemic economic losses: the destruction of infrastructure, the loss of production capacity and assets, disruption of logistic chains, and harm to entire sectors of the economy.

2. New Claims Categories

Categories B1.1 & B1.2 cover damage or destruction of critical infrastructure (B1.1) and non-critical infrastructure (B1.2).

• Claimants may seek compensation for: the value of damaged or destroyed property, current and future repair or restoration costs.
• Eligible claimants: State of Ukraine, state authorities, state institutions, local self-governments, communities, municipalities etc.

Categories C1.1 & C1.2 cover damage or destruction of critical infrastructure (C1.1) and non-critical infrastructure (C1.2).

• Compensation may be claimed for: the value of damaged or destroyed property, current and future repair or restoration costs.
• Eligible claimants: Any legal entity, regardless of organisational form or ownership.

Category C3.1 covers damage, destruction or loss of assets, related losses and costs – the broadest category for legal entities, designed to capture wider economic harm beyond physical infrastructure.

• Claimants may seek compensation for: damage, destruction or loss of assets, loss of profits from such assets, total loss of business, and other direct costs associated with such losses.
• Eligible claimants: Any legal entity, regardless of organisational form or ownership.

*Claims relating to property owned by natural persons should be submitted under Category A claims (which remain open separately).

3. How to Submit a Claim

Claims are submitted electronically via the Diia web portal (diia.gov.ua). The process for legal entities is as follows:

• Claims on behalf of a legal entity must be submitted by the head of that entity (e.g., director).
• The head may appoint a representative by granting digital powers via Diia, who may then submit claims on the entity’s behalf.
• Eligible claims will be recorded in the RD4U and subsequently transmitted to the future Claims Commission.
• The Claims Commission will determine the amount of compensation due on the basis of the RD4U

For tailored guidance, please contact Victoria Ivasechko.