Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is the central executive body responsible for shaping and implementing the state's legal policy. Its remit includes drafting legislation, maintaining legal registers, running the system of free legal aid, and representing the state in international proceedings. Since Russia's full-scale invasion, the ministry has been involved in documenting war-related damages and operating the international Register of Damages for Ukraine.
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Ukraine eases customs rules for businesses hit by shelling and weapons production
Ukraine’s government adopted a resolution simplifying customs procedures for businesses that lost or damaged property during shelling. The measures preserve access to reduced customs guarantees for qualifying firms, accelerate official goods controls and provide duty- and VAT-free imports for materials, equipment and components used in foreign-funded weapons production.
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NABU suspects Ministry of Justice forensic experts of false valuation for SBU official's wife
Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAP have notified forensic experts from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise (KNDISE) of the Ministry of Justice that they are suspected of producing knowingly false conclusions about the market value of an elite apartment belonging to the wife of a senior Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) official. The case centers on an apartment bought for 21.6 million UAH whose contract value was recorded at 12.8 million UAH, and on a subsequent KNDISE expertise that valued it at 12.3 million UAH. NABU says the experts ignored a recall of their appointment and backdated the conclusion, using the case to push for an independent expert institute under its own authority.
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Ukraine's parliament adopts new property valuation law, unblocking $4.2 billion EU tranche
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a comprehensive law that fully replaces Ukraine's 2001 property valuation framework, aligning it with European and international standards. The reform is one of four decisions required to release a $4.2 billion second tranche of EU macrofinancial assistance under the Ukraine Support Loan program and is linked to Ukraine's IMF Extended Fund Facility obligations.
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Full 20 million hryvnias bail posted for ex-presidential aide Iryna Mudra in "Forest Gump" case
The full court-set bail of 20 million hryvnias has been posted for Iryna Mudra, a former deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and a suspect in the "Forest Gump" money-laundering investigation led by NABU and SAP. The Higher Anti-Corruption Court (ВАКС) confirmed the payment on 8 October, allowing her release from pretrial detention. Mudra's defense had previously failed in an attempt to reduce the bail to 12.5 million hryvnias.
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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.