Draft bill #11085 of March 14, 2024 

Cosponsors: three MPs from the Restoration of Ukraine group with Valerii Hnatenko as the first signatory 

Status: sent for review to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Economic Development 

Who is affected: foreigners whose property has been destroyed or damaged as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation 

Summary: foreigners conducting business in Ukraine and suffering direct material losses as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation will be able to receive compensation for damaged or destroyed real estate. 

What is right: foreigners working and paying taxes in Ukraine will be able to receive compensation for property damaged as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation. They will be able to receive compensation on par with Ukrainian citizens. 

Background information: on March 17, 2023, the President of Ukraine signed a law on compensation for damaged and destroyed housing. We described the shortcomings of this law here. On May 10, the procedure for providing compensation for damaged housing under the e-Recovery program started. 

Additional information:  

  • position of the Centre of United Actions on the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine 
  • article by Oleh Savychuk and Danylo Yashchuk: Post-war reconstruction of communities and compensations: how it will work and why local authorities will remain silent 
  • article by Oksana Zabolotna: Do not reconstruct blindly: what should the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine be like and what are authorities doing wrong? 
  • Ok, So What? podcast, ep. 114: Why does the Cabinet need deputies for reconstruction?