Ukraine's Diia portal adds four new claim categories to international Register of Damage
Ukraine's Diia government-services portal has launched four new claim categories for the international Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U), allowing Ukrainians to formally document war-related losses including loss of access to medical care and education, other violations of international law, and other economic damages. The Register, established in 2023 under the Council of Europe and based in The Hague, is intended to form the evidentiary basis of a future compensation mechanism that would ultimately require Russia to pay reparations.
Key points
- Diia portal 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 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 death or disappearance of a loved one, treatment or burial expenses, and loss of valuable movable property or individual entrepreneur (FOP) assets.
- To apply, users log in to Diia, select the category, fill in the form, attach evidence, sign, and submit; applications are forwarded automatically to the Register.
- RD4U was created by Ukraine, the EU, and 43 other countries, with headquarters in The Hague; it does not pay compensation itself but feeds a future mechanism.
- By late April 2026, RD4U had received nearly 150,000 applications across 21 open categories, with about 200 new submissions per day and an expected total of 6–8 million.
Why it matters
The new categories broaden the kinds of war-related harm that Ukrainians can formally record through a multilateral international mechanism. By acknowledging non-material losses such as loss of access to medical care and education, the Register moves beyond destroyed property and toward documenting the systemic civilian impact of the war. The expanded evidentiary base is intended to support a future compensation mechanism under which Russia would ultimately be required to pay reparations.
What happened
Ukraine's Diia portal opened four new application categories for the international Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U). Category A4.1 covers loss of access to medical care — situations where treatment or surgery was unavailable because a hospital was destroyed, medical staff were absent, or a facility could not be reached. Category A4.2 covers loss of access to education caused by damage to educational institutions, occupation, danger to life, or inability to study remotely. Category A2.10 captures other violations of international law, including restricted access to humanitarian aid, water, heating, or electricity, forced acquisition of Russian citizenship, and the use of civilians as human shields. Category A3.7 covers other economic losses not falling under existing Register categories, such as loss of material support due to the death or disappearance of a relative, treatment or burial expenses, and loss of valuable movable property or individual entrepreneur (FOP) assets.
Applicants log in to Diia, open the "Reparations: international Register of Damage" section, select the relevant category, complete the form, attach available evidence, sign, and submit; the application is then automatically forwarded to RD4U. Ombudsman Lubinets confirmed the opening of the four new categories, and RD4U's executive director Markiyan Kliuchkovsky noted that at the program's early stages, data was drawn from Ukraine's domestic Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Ukrainian-language sources frame the new categories as a concrete step toward documenting and ultimately securing reparations for victims of Russian aggression. Coverage centers on the Diia portal as a state-built, citizen-facing tool and highlights statements by Ukrainian officials such as Ombudsman Lubinets. Headlines repeatedly foreground the new medical-care and education categories, emphasizing civilian harms and the broadening of recognized losses.
Where reporting differs
Sources disagree on when RD4U began operating: some state 2023, while another states April 2024. Sources also differ on the cumulative number of RD4U applications: one figure is nearly 150,000 as of late April 2026 across 21 open categories, while another is nearly 180,000 as of mid-August (year not specified).
Background
The Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U) was established on 17 May 2023 under the auspices of the Council of Europe, with its headquarters in The Hague, and began operations in April 2024. It was created by Ukraine, the EU, and 43 other countries. RD4U does not itself pay compensation; it is intended to form the evidentiary basis of a future compensation mechanism. A Compensation Commission, supported by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, is to review claims and assess damages, with Russia expected to pay at the third stage of the mechanism. Ukraine also operates a separate domestic Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property, launched in 2022, which records data from the 'eRestoration' (єВідновлення) program; RD4U's executive director Markiyan Kliuchkovsky has said initial RD4U data was drawn from this state register.