Ukraine's Diia portal opens four new claim categories in international Register of Damage
Ukraine's Diia portal launched four new categories of applications to the international Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U). The categories cover loss of access to medical care, loss of access to education, other violations of international law, and other economic losses. Applications are submitted through the Diia portal and forwarded automatically to the Register.
Key points
- Diia launched four new RD4U claim categories: A4.1 (loss of access to medical care), A4.2 (loss of access to education), A2.10 (other violations of international law), and A3.7 (other economic losses).
- Category A4.1 covers cases where treatment or surgery was unavailable due to destroyed hospitals, lack of medical staff, or inability to reach a medical facility.
- Category A2.10 covers restricted access to humanitarian aid, water, heating or electricity, forced acquisition of Russian citizenship, and use of civilians as human shields.
- Category A3.7 covers loss of material support due to a relative's death or disappearance, treatment or burial expenses, and loss of valuable movable property or individual entrepreneur assets.
- To apply, a user logs in to Diia, selects the category, fills out the form, attaches evidence, signs it, and sends it; the application is forwarded automatically to RD4U.
- RD4U was created by Ukraine, the EU, and 43 other countries and is headquartered in The Hague; it does not pay compensation itself but feeds a future mechanism Russia is to fund in the third stage.
- As of late April 2026, RD4U had received almost 150,000 applications across 21 open categories, with about 200 new submissions daily; total submissions are projected at 6–8 million.
Why it matters
The expansion brings previously hard-to-quantify harms — loss of access to medical care and to education — into the formal international damages-recording process, and formally categorizes forced acquisition of Russian citizenship and the use of civilians as human shields as international-law violations. A new residual category broadens the population eligible to file. Together the new categories strengthen the evidentiary record intended to underpin a future compensation mechanism that, in its final stage, is to be funded by Russia.
What happened
Ukraine's Diia portal launched four new categories of applications to the international Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U): A4.1 «Loss of access to medical care», A4.2 «Loss of access to education», A2.10 «Other violations of international law», and A3.7 «Other economic losses». Category A4.1 covers situations where treatment or surgery was unavailable for an extended period because a hospital was destroyed, medical staff were absent, or a medical facility could not be reached. Category A4.2 covers cases caused by damage to educational institutions, occupation, danger to life, or inability to study remotely. Category A2.10 captures cases not covered by other categories, including restricted access to humanitarian aid, water, heating or electricity, forced acquisition of Russian citizenship, and use of civilians as human shields. Category A3.7 captures economic losses not falling elsewhere, including loss of material support due to a relative's death or disappearance, medical or burial expenses, and loss of valuable movable property or individual entrepreneur assets. To apply, a user logs in to the Diia portal, opens the «Reparations: international Register of Damage» section, selects the relevant category, fills out the form, attaches available evidence, signs it and sends it; the application is then forwarded automatically to RD4U. The Ombudsman reported the opening of the four categories, and the service is implemented by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All supplied sources are Ukrainian and frame the launch as a service expansion for victims of Russia's aggression. Coverage foregrounds the practical user experience through Diia — which categories opened and how to file — and highlights domestic institutions involved in delivery, including the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Justice and the Ombudsman's office. Ukrainian outlets explicitly attribute the documented harm to Russian aggression and present the Register as the foundation of a future compensation mechanism that Russia is to fund in the final stage.
Where reporting differs
Sources differ on when RD4U began operating: some say it began work in 2023 under the Council of Europe, others say it began operations in April 2024. Sources also differ on the cumulative number of RD4U applications: one set cites almost 150,000 as of late April 2026, while another cites almost 180,000 as of mid-August (year unspecified).
Background
The Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U) was created by Ukraine, the EU, and 43 other countries, with its headquarters in The Hague. The agreement establishing it was signed on 17 May 2023 by more than 40 Council of Europe member states plus the United States, Japan, and Canada. RD4U collects, stores and systematizes applications about damage caused by Russia's aggression; it does not itself pay compensation. As of late April 2026 it had received almost 150,000 applications across 21 open categories, with about 200 new submissions daily; total submissions are projected at 6–8 million. A Compensation Commission, supported by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada, is intended to review claims and assess actual damages; Russia is to pay compensation at the third stage of the mechanism. Ukraine also runs a national Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property, operational since 2022, which feeds data into RD4U for certain categories. The Diia portal service is implemented by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, with development support from the Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Programme implemented by the Eastern Europe Foundation.