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EU LEGISLATION

On 17 April, the European Commission published Communication C/2026/2328 amending the methodology for handling the partial fulfilment of steps in the Ukraine Plan under the Ukraine Facility Regulation and replacing Communication C(2025) 1725.

The updated methodology recognises that not all indicators contribute equally to achieving the objectives of the Ukraine Facility Plan. For instance, adopting a strategy or action plan may not be as valuable as a new law coming into force. The methodology, therefore, distinguishes between two types of indicators:

• ‘Primary steps’: indicators involving the entry into force of Ukrainian laws requiring the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's approval and the President of Ukraine's signature. These indicators are assigned a weighting of 2;
• ‘Ordinary steps’: all other indicators, such as government approval of resolutions, orders, strategies, action plans, roadmaps, IT system launches, and investment indicator reporting. These are assigned a weighting of 1.

Paragraph 9 of the Communication emphasises that Ukraine must demonstrate full commitment to promptly fulfilling the indicators set out in the Ukraine Facility Plan. The partial suspension of disbursements gives Ukraine additional time to address specific issues related to the implementation of the Plan, whilst enabling it to receive partial disbursements for indicators duly met.

UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION

On 7 April, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law № 4835-IX ‘On Amendments to Paragraph 16-1 of Subsection 10 of Section XX “Transitional Provisions” of the Tax Code of Ukraine Concerning the Levying of the Military Levy’. This Law introduces the payment of the military levy until 31 December of the third calendar year following the year in which martial law is abolished or terminated, and its allocation to a special fund of the State Budget of Ukraine, which will be used to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On 25 March, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law № 4826-IX ‘On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning Specific Issues of Preparing Ukrainian Citizens for National Resistance’. This Law of Ukraine amends several Ukrainian laws, the ‘Law on Local Self-Government in Ukraine’ and the ‘Law on Local State Administrations’. In accordance with the amendments introduced:

• the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine oversees the preparation of Ukrainian citizens for national resistance through local state administrations and village, settlement, and city mayors;
• the powers of village, settlement, and city councils in the sphere of national resistance are defined;
• the infrastructure of local self-government bodies, other institutions, and organisations will be used to house centres for the preparation of citizens for national resistance and their branches within the relevant administrative-territorial units;
• for service in local self-government bodies, or the civil service for the first time, a male aged under 60 who has not completed military service or service in the military reserve, or service in bodies responsible for ensuring national security and defence, or military training under the reserve officers’ training programme, except for persons recognised as unfit for military service on health grounds.

On 25 March, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law № 4825-IX ‘On the Specifics of Charging for Housing and Utility Services and Other Payments Provided for by Law in Connection with the Damage to or Destruction of Real Estate’. This Law establishes the legal and organisational framework for the calculation and payment of housing and communal services, and other payments provided for by law, in connection with damage to or destruction of immovable property resulting from hostilities, terrorist acts, and sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

On 14 March, the President of Ukraine issued Decree № 239/2026 ‘On the Decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine of 3 March 2026 “On Comprehensive Resilience Plans for Regions and Individual Cities”’. In accordance with this Decree, the Decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine of 3 March has been brought into force, pursuant to which the mayors of the relevant cities are required to:

• ensure the unconditional and timely implementation of the Comprehensive Plans, particularly those measures which must be completed before the start of the heating season;
• report on the status of implementation of the Comprehensive Plans by the 10th day of the month following the reporting month to the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Officials of local government bodies, enterprises, institutions, and organisations responsible for the implementation of the Comprehensive Plans and the measures provided for therein have been warned of their personal liability for failure to implement them, or for untimely or improper implementation (paragraph 5 of the NSDC Decision).

Officials of local authorities, enterprises, institutions, and organisations responsible for implementing the Comprehensive Plans and the measures set out therein have been warned of their personal liability for failure to implement them, or for untimely or improper implementation (paragraph 5 of the NSDC Decision).

A pilot project to create conditions for the rapid and effective implementation of measures under the Comprehensive plans for the resilience of regions and individual cities was launched by Resolution № 393 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 20 March 2026 ‘On the implementation of a pilot project to create conditions for the rapid and effective implementation of measures under comprehensive regional and municipal resilience plans’. This Resolution approved the Procedure for the implementation of the experimental project to facilitate the implementation of measures under comprehensive regional and municipal resilience plans in the following areas:

• protection, in particular engineering and technical protection, of critical infrastructure facilities, including life-support systems;
• development of distributed generation of electrical and/or thermal energy;
• ensuring uninterrupted heat supply;
• ensuring uninterrupted centralised water supply and drainage;
• ensuring uninterrupted gas supply.

The siting, installation, assembly, major repairs, refurbishment and new construction of critical infrastructure facilities, including life-support systems, and equipment for the implementation of comprehensive resilience plans, including modular boiler houses, gas turbine and gas piston units, including cogeneration units, energy storage facilities, pumping equipment, backup power sources, protective engineering structures and other equipment, is permitted on land plots regardless of ownership or intended use, without the expropriation, purchase or allocation of the land plot, compliance with urban planning documentation, obtaining urban planning conditions and restrictions on land development, a report on the results of the examination of project documentation, obtaining the right to carry out construction works, and without using the Unified State Electronic System in the field of construction and the registration of property rights to land plots (paragraph 13 of the Procedure for the implementation of the pilot project).

The transfer of municipally owned land plots for use in implementing measures under comprehensive sustainability plans may be carried out without land auctions by concluding a lease agreement, establishing a fixed-term land easement, or on any other legal basis provided for by law.

On 12 March, the President of Ukraine issued Decree № 235/2026 ‘On Romanian Language Day in Ukraine’. In accordance with this Decree, with a view to fostering mutual understanding, mutual respect and cooperation in Ukrainian Romanian relations, and encouraging intercultural dialogue aimed at preserving and developing the linguistic and cultural identity of Ukrainian citizens, Romanian Language Day has been established, to be celebrated in Ukraine annually on 31 August.

On 30 March, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the CMU) issued Order № 306-r ‘On the Approval of the Government’s Priority Action Plan for 2026’. By this Order, the CMU approved the list of the Government’s priority actions for 2026 and the list of draft laws aimed at implementing the operational objectives of the Government’s priority action plan for 2026.

The Government’s priority action plan, among other things, provides for:

• the establishment of effective local self-government and territorial organisation of authority to create and maintain a fully-fledged living environment for citizens, the provision of high-quality and accessible public services, the development of institutions of direct democracy, the fulfilment of citizens’ interests in all spheres of life within the relevant territory, and the harmonisation of the interests of the state and municipalities;
• the delimitation of powers between public administration bodies;
• the introduction of an e-democracy tool to facilitate communication between Ukrainian citizens and local authorities via the Unified State Web Portal for Electronic Services (eDumka), with the aim of ensuring participation in the formulation and implementation of local policy;
• enhancing the capacity of municipalities (at least 70% of hromadas must meet basic capacity criteria), improving the accessibility and quality of public services (at least 85% of residents of municipalities must receive the services they require at the hromada’s level);
• strengthening the mechanism for protecting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities and indigenous peoples of Ukraine during the implementation of state policy, in particular at the level of local self-government, and creating a legal environment that would promote tolerance and mutual respect in Ukrainian society, in particular by combating discrimination and hate speech on ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious grounds;
• creating conditions for the formulation and implementation of state policy and defining the procedure for cooperation between central executive bodies and local self-government bodies on issues relating to the creation of a barrier-free society in Ukraine.

On 30 March, the CMU issued Order № 285-r ‘On the allocation in 2026 of a state budget subsidy to local budgets to support the work of specialists providing assistance to war veterans and demobilised persons, and specific measures to support those who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, for the payment of financial compensation for the hire (rent) of residential premises’. This Order allocates over UAH 1.5 million among the regional budgets of most regions of Ukraine.

On 30 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 401 ‘Certain Issues Concerning the Implementation of a Pilot Project to Enter into the Register of the Territorial Community Information on the Periods and Places of Residence of Persons with the Status of Victims of the Chernobyl Disaster, in the zone of unconditional (mandatory) resettlement or in the zone of guaranteed voluntary resettlement as of 26 April 1986 or during the period from 26 April 1986 to 1 January 1993”. This Resolution amends the ‘Procedure for the Implementation of the Pilot Project’, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1277 of 8 October 2025, and local authorities exercising powers in settlements in the Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Rivne, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv regions are recommended to participate in its implementation.

On 27 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 396 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for the Provision of State Financial Support to Individuals for the Installation of Autonomous and Backup Power Supply Systems in Their Own Households, including the Use of Generating Units that Produce Electricity from Alternative Energy Sources, and generators (diesel, petrol, gas or dual-fuel)’. This Resolution amends the Procedure, so that it no longer applies to the purchase and installation of generating units designed to produce electricity from solar radiation and/or wind under the ‘green’ tariff.

On 25 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 405 ‘On Amendments to Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 261 of 11 March 2022 and No. 1475 of 30 December 2022’. This Resolution sets out a new version of the ‘Procedure and conditions for the provision of compensation for consumed utility services, the purchase of liquefied gas, solid and liquid domestic heating fuel during the temporary accommodation of evacuees in evacuation assembly points, intermediate evacuation points, transit centres and reception points for evacuees’, and introduces amendments to the following acts of the CMU:

• Resolution No. 261 of 11 March 2022 “On the Approval of the Procedure and Conditions for the Provision of Compensation for Utility Services Consumed During the Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons in Buildings (Premises) of State, Municipal and Private Property during the Period of Martial Law”;
• Resolution No. 1475 of 30 December 2022 “Certain issues concerning the social protection of citizens who find themselves in difficult life circumstances”.

On 25 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 391 ‘On the Approval of the Procedure for Restoring Historical Names to Geographical Features Containing Symbols of Russian Imperial Policy, as Part of the Restoration of the Historical Toponymy of the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine’. This Resolution establishes a mechanism for identifying, coordinating, and making decisions regarding the restoration of historical names to geographical features whose names are subject to decolonisation, including in temporarily occupied territories. The procedure defines the scope of authorised bodies (including local self-government bodies and all-Ukrainian associations of local self-government bodies), the mandatory nature of consultations with representative bodies of indigenous peoples, the public, the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, and, for temporarily occupied territories, also with the National Commission on State Language Standards and the State Geocadastre. The procedure sets out the timeframes for consultations and expert reviews, and stipulates that the relevant conclusions must be considered when making final decisions.

On 25 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 383 ‘On Amending Clause 6 of the Procedure and Conditions for the Allocation of State Budget Subsidies to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project to Create Safe Conditions (construction of shelters) in institutions providing general secondary education, in particular military (naval, military-sports) lyceums, lyceums with enhanced military and physical training, and in pre-school education institutions in terms of general secondary education’. This Resolution introduces cost limits for the funding, via a subvention, of projects to construct shelters in educational establishments. It is stipulated that the subvention shall not be allocated to projects where the cost per place in a protective structure exceeds UAH 336,000 and/or the total project cost exceeds UAH 235 million, except for special educational institutions. For projects exceeding the specified thresholds, funding is permitted only on condition of increased co-financing of the excess cost from local budget funds, which must be guaranteed by local authorities or the relevant military administrations.

On 25 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 370 ‘Certain Issues Concerning the Allocation of an Educational Grant from the State Budget to Local Budgets (from a special fund of the state budget) for the professional development and provision of supervision services for teaching staff responsible for teaching the subject “Defence of Ukraine” in 2026’. This Resolution allocates the educational subsidy between regional budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv, and also approves the procedure and conditions for its use. The subvention is allocated for the professional development of teaching staff who teach the subject ‘Defence of Ukraine’, the training of supervisors, the payment for supervision services, the remuneration of teacher-trainers, and the organisation of relevant events by publicly owned postgraduate teacher training institutions. A separate list of eligible expenditure, the mechanism for the monthly transfer of funds, reporting, and monitoring of the results of the subvention’s use has been defined.

On 25 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 367 ‘On Amending Resolution No. 1102 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 25 August 2004’, which regulates the provision of financial support in 2026 to farms included in the list of recipients compiled by the commission in 2025 and approved in 2026 by order of the Ukrainian State Fund for Support of Farming Enterprises. The Resolution allows for the continuation of funding for production activities and the diversification of production within the framework of the selection procedures already carried out.

On 18 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 390 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for the Provision of Subsistence Allowances to Internally Displaced Persons’, which broadens the conditions for the extension and re-granting of subsistence allowances to internally displaced persons, in particular families with children, persons who have been displaced more than once, and households comprising vulnerable groups. The amendments clarify the definition of a family for the purposes of granting assistance, expand the list of grounds for the automatic extension of payments for the next six-month period, increase the maximum duration of assistance for certain categories, and specify the criteria for income and employment. Separately, new grounds for granting assistance to children who have lost their entitlement to payments, as well as to individuals for whom the subsistence minimum has changed, have been introduced from 2026, with the possibility of applying within specified transitional periods.

On 18 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 352 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for Granting Partial Compensation for the Value of Business Entities’ Property Destroyed or Damaged as a Result of the Armed Aggression by the Russian Federation, as well as Partial Compensation for Insurance Premiums under War Risk Insurance Contracts’. This Resolution clarifies the conditions for business entities’ participation in compensation programmes for damaged or destroyed property and for insurance premiums, introduces the possibility of including additional property in the programme, updates the procedure for payment and refund of contributions, and amends the rules for the submission, consideration, and rejection of applications. The maximum amount of compensation for damage to or destruction of property has also been increased to UAH 30 million, and the maximum amount of compensation for insurance premiums to UAH 3 million; the requirements for insurance contracts against war risks have been specified; and the specifics of compensation in the event of payment of the insurance premium in instalments have been regulated. Separately, the grounds for refusing to grant compensation, the time limits for applications, and the procedure for insurers to submit summary information to the Agency have been clarified.

On 18 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 341 ‘Certain Issues Concerning the Provision of a One-off Cash Supplement to Specific Categories of the Population’, which introduced a one-off cash supplement of 1,500 UAH for certain categories of pensioners and recipients of state social assistance, in particular internally displaced persons, low-income families, persons with disabilities, children in care, large families, foster families and other vulnerable groups. The payment is made automatically without recipients having to apply separately on a single basis and is not considered when calculating a family’s total income for other types of social support. At the same time, amendments have been made to the procedures for the use of budgetary funds in the field of social protection for children and families, as well as for citizens facing difficult life circumstances, to ensure the financing of this supplement within the framework of the relevant budgetary programmes.

On 18 March, the CMU issued Order № 240-r ‘On the allocation of additional subsidies from the state budget to local budgets for the exercise of local self-government powers in de-occupied, temporarily occupied, and other territories of Ukraine that have been adversely affected by the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation’. This Order allocates an additional subsidy of 273.2 million hryvnias between the local budgets of municipalities and regional budgets. The funds are intended to support the exercise of local government powers in de-occupied, temporarily occupied, and territories affected by armed aggression, in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy regions.

On 18 March, the CMU issued Order № 239-r ‘On the allocation of a subsidy from the state budget to local budgets for the implementation of a public investment project to create safe conditions (construction of shelters) in institutions providing general secondary education, in particular military (naval, military-sports) lyceums, lyceums with enhanced military and physical training, and in pre-school education institutions in 2026’. This Order allocates the grant among the local budgets of 11 regions of Ukraine, totalling 2.04 billion UAH. The funds are earmarked for the implementation of public investment projects to construct shelters in general secondary and pre-school education establishments, particularly in municipalities located in regions with heightened security risks.

On 16 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 338 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for Implementing the Pilot Project on the Provision of State Aid to Employees of Enterprises in the Fuel and Energy Sector, the Housing and Utilities Sector, and the Public Rail Transport Sector Involved in Emergency Restoration Work’. This Resolution expands the scope of state aid recipients to include employees of enterprises in other sectors who have been officially seconded or deployed by military administrations to carry out emergency repair and restoration work. The amendments also clarify the list of types of work covered by the aid mechanism, specify the requirements for supporting documents, introduce the possibility of compiling additional lists of enterprises and recipients for previous reporting months, and set specific deadlines for submitting such information. Separately, the procedure for the voluntary repayment of funds in the event of the discovery of unlawful receipt of aid has been regulated.

On 12 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 324 ‘On Amendments to the Property Valuation Methodology’, which comprehensively updates the rules for the valuation of state, municipal, and sanctioned property. The amendments extend the scope of the Methodology to assets forfeited to the state under sanction decisions, regulate the specifics of valuing pools of privatisation objects, integral improvements to leased property, and contributions to authorised capital. Separately, the mandatory preparation of valuation reports in electronic form has been introduced, the procedure for reviewing and accepting reports has been detailed, and a new section has been added regarding the special procedure for the valuation of sanctioned property, including its inventory, independent valuation, and determination of value for management, privatisation, and contribution to the authorised capital of business entities.

On 12 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 322 ‘Certain Issues Concerning the Reallocation and Distribution of the Reserve for the Education Subsidy in 2026’, which reallocated the education subsidy among local budgets and distributed its reserve for 2026. The amendments also updated the procedure for granting the education subsidy and the formula for its distribution among local budgets; in particular, they clarified the approaches to considering the number of pupils, the specific features of the operation of educational institutions under martial law, and certain adjustment coefficients.

On 12 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 319 ‘On Amending Clause 3 of the Procedure for the Approval of Construction Projects and the Conduct of Their Expert Review’, thereby simplifying the requirements for the preparation of project documentation for the major overhaul of internal power supply systems involving the installation of hybrid power supply systems. The amendments provide for the possibility of developing such projects in a simplified format – based on a defect report, an explanatory note, and cost estimate documentation, without preparing a full construction project, subject to the client’s decision following an inspection of the facility by a certified specialist. The new approach applies to facilities funded by the State Fund for Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Transformation and is aimed at accelerating the implementation of backup and autonomous power supply systems.

On 12 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 317 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for the Development, Updating, Amendment and Approval of Urban Planning Documentation’, which sets out in detail the requirements for the preparation of master plans for settlements and detailed plans for territories in electronic format, in accordance with legislation on land use planning. The amendments specify the mandatory composition of geospatial, textual, and graphic materials for such documentation, regulate the structure of the section on land use restrictions by distinguishing between existing and proposed restrictions, and establish requirements for their representation in geodatabases. Separately, there is a requirement to bring urban planning documentation projects developed previously but not approved as of 1 January 2025 into compliance, without the need to repeat the completed preparatory and main stages.

On 6 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 301 ‘Certain issues regarding the provision in 2026 of a subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the establishment of housing funds for temporary or supported accommodation for evacuees and internally displaced persons, and measures to provide them with housing in rural areas’. This Resolution approved the procedure and conditions for the provision and use in 2026 of the subventions for UAH 1 billion, and also allocated them among regional budgets. The Resolution specifies the areas of use of funds for the construction, reconstruction, repair and conversion of non-residential premises into residential ones, as well as the purchase of modular houses and building materials; it establishes the conditions for co-financing, priority criteria for applications, accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities, the procedure for submitting applications and reporting, as well as a mechanism for the reallocation of funds in the event of a change in the security situation or the impossibility of implementing projects. Separately, the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity has been instructed to submit proposals within 30 days regarding the regulation of the mechanism for the purchase of housing in rural areas and the full allocation of the subvention.

On 6 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 297 ‘On the Approval of the Procedure for Verifying the Suitability of Candidates for Positions in Pre-school and General Secondary Education Institutions, and Other Educational Entities in the Fields of Pre-school and General Secondary Education’. This Resolution establishes a mandatory procedure for the preliminary vetting of candidates for teaching and other posts involving direct interaction with children. The procedure sets out the list of documents required to confirm such suitability, including a full extract regarding candidates’ criminal convictions, and for applicants for posts in general secondary education, also a certificate regarding administrative offences related to domestic violence, bullying, or failure to fulfil child-rearing responsibilities. The decision to approve or reject an application will be made by the founder or head of the institution within two working days prior to the conclusion of the employment contract, with the possibility of subsequent judicial appeal.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 306 ‘On the Approval of the Procedure and Criteria for Determining Areas of High-Risk Agriculture’, thereby establishing a mechanism for classifying land plots as high-risk agricultural areas based on criteria relating to adverse natural and climatic conditions or the impact of hostilities. The procedure sets out criteria based on the level of productive moisture in the soil, proximity to the state border with the aggressor state or the line of contact, as well as contamination with explosive objects; it establishes the procedure for agricultural producers to submit applications via the State Agrarian Register, the working procedures of regional commissions, and the deadlines for decision-making.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 305 ‘On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Concerning the Construction of Buildings based on a Building Passport or a Land Use Plan’. This Resolution updates the rules for individual residential development and introduces the digitalisation of the application of land development plans under martial law. The amendments expand the list of structures that may be built based on a building passport to include individual, garden, and holiday homes with a floor area of up to 500 m², and detail the composition of the electronic land development plan and the procedure for its creation within the Unified State Electronic System for Construction. Separately, additional restrictions have been established for development in historic areas and cultural heritage protection zones, and a mechanism for state architectural and construction control over the actions of architects and design engineers has been introduced, with the possibility of automatically blocking their access to creating plans in the event of repeated violations.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 296 ‘On the Establishment of a Coordination Centre for the Implementation of Comprehensive Regional and Municipal Resilience Plans’, which established a temporary consultative and advisory body under the CMU to coordinate the implementation of comprehensive regional and municipal resilience plans. Its main tasks include coordinating the actions of central and local authorities regarding the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of distributed generation, ensuring an uninterrupted heat and water supply, and preparing proposals for the regulatory resolution of problematic issues in the implementation of such plans. The Coordination Centre comprises members of the Cabinet of Ministers, representatives of relevant ministries, military administrations, regulatory and security bodies, as well as representatives of key state and private energy companies.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 292 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for the Allocation of a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Financing of Measures for the Socio-Economic Compensation of Risks to the Population Living in the Observation Zone’. This Resolution updates the procedure for allocating the subvention for 2026 to municipalities within the surveillance zones of the Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plants. A subvention of 20 million hryvnias has been distributed among the local budgets of communities in the Rivne, Volyn, Khmelnytskyi, and Mykolaiv regions, depending on their inclusion in the relevant observation zones.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 289 ‘On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Field of Waste Management’, which brings the CMU’s subordinate legislation in the field of waste management into line with the updated system of division of powers between central executive bodies. The amendments transfer several functions from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources to the Ministry of Economy, regarding the submission of waste declarations, the administration of the waste management information system, the approval of regional plans, and the monitoring of waste generation, storage, and disposal sites. Separately, new forms of administrative decisions regarding the transboundary movement of waste have been regulated – the conclusion and the decision to refuse its issuance, specifying the period of validity, the procedure for submission via the ‘EcoSystem’ platform, and the possibility of appeal.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 287 ‘On the Approval of the List of Designated Purposes for Which the Premises and Property of State and Municipal Educational Institutions May Be Leased for the Provision of Services That Cannot Be Provided Directly by Educational Institutions, Related to the Educational Process or the Support of Those Involved in the Educational Process’. This Resolution sets out an exhaustive list of types of economic activity for which the property of educational institutions may be leased. The list includes catering, medical care, sports, culture, IT, printing, postal, research, and other services related to supporting the educational process or serving its participants. For certain types of activity in vocational, pre-higher, and higher education institutions, an additional requirement has been established regarding compliance with the institution’s educational programmes, as well as the obligation to enter a contract or memorandum of cooperation with the lessee to ensure practical training facilities for students.

On 4 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 284 ‘On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Concerning Support for Certain Categories of Persons During the Winter Period of 2025/26’, which extends the mechanism for one-off cash assistance for certain vulnerable categories of persons in 2026 in cases where entitlement to payment was established in 2025 but the funds were not actually paid out. The amendments cover children in care or under guardianship, children with disabilities in state care institutions and foster families, children from low-income families, internally displaced children, persons with Group I disabilities among the internally displaced, and single pensioners. The Resolution sets out a specific procedure for the Pension Fund to compile consolidated lists of such recipients in 2026, for the Ministry of Social Policy to submit information on funding requirements, and for the subsequent transfer of funds via Oschadbank JSC.

On 2 March, the CMU issued Resolution № 276 ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for Implementing the Pilot Project to Strengthen Ukraine’s Air Defence through the Deployment of Air Defence Units’. This Resolution expands the range of entities authorised to nominate candidates for air defence groups, specifies the qualification requirements for volunteers (regarding the certification of external UAV pilots, technicians, and sappers), and provides for the possibility of temporarily including Territorial Defence Forces personnel with the relevant training in the absence of trained volunteers. Separately, the procedure for training sappers and external pilots using budgetary allocations and other permitted sources has been regulated, and the role of manned aircraft units within the overall air defence system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been clarified.

On 9 and 18 March, the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine issued Orders № 454 and № 562, approving amendments to the List of territories where hostilities are (were) taking place or which are temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation.

On 18 March, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (the MES of Ukraine) issued Order № 481 ‘On Amendments to Order No. 331 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 23 February 2026’. This Order amends the ‘Procedure for dividing classes into groups when studying specific subjects (integrated courses) in state and municipal general secondary education institutions’.

In accordance with the amendments, general secondary education institutions will be able to organise teaching in small groups when studying certain subjects, in particular languages and specialised courses. Furthermore, the division into groups may now also be applied during distance learning.

On 18 March, the MES of Ukraine issued Order № 467 ‘On the Approval of the Model Curriculum for Years 1–4 of General Education Institutions’. The programme has been developed based on the updated State Standard for Primary Education. It defines the structure of the curriculum, the distribution of the teaching load across subject areas, and approaches to organising the educational process in primary schools. Teaching under this programme will commence on 1 September 2028.

On 16 March, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine issued Order No. 667/5 ‘On the Approval of Amendments to the Rules for the Organisation of Document Management and Archival Storage of Documents in State Bodies, Local Government Bodies, enterprises, institutions and organisations, and on the repeal of Order No. 1656/5 of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine dated 7 September 2015”. Among other amendments, the Order have been supplemented with Section “XVI. Handling and storage of documents during a state of emergency”.

On 12 March, the MES of Ukraine launched a calculator to accurately calculate teachers’ salaries, considering the pay rise. Since January 2026, teachers’ salaries have increased by 30%. The MES of Ukraine has transferred the funds to all municipalities. The next stage of the pay rise – a further 20% – is scheduled for September 2026. The calculator has therefore been created so that, taking the pay rise into account, each teacher can individually calculate their exact salary, including all allowances and supplements.

The MES of Ukraine, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Institute for Educational Development, has launched a comprehensive online course designed for teachers from frontline and temporarily occupied regions who are part of the talent pool. The aim of the new course is not only to maintain these teachers’ professional competence whilst they are on leave, but also to strategically prepare them for their return to classrooms in de-occupied territories.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

On 9 April, the MES of Ukraine submitted for public consultation a Draft Resolution of the CMU ‘On Amendments to the Procedure for the Registration of Children of Pre-school and School Age, Pupils and Students’.

The key objective of the Draft Resolution is to enable more accurate verification of information about a child through electronic data exchange with state electronic information resources, primarily with the State Register of Civil Status Acts of Citizens.

Comments and suggestions regarding this draft resolution are accepted until 23 April 2026 at the following email address: tetiana.nahirniak@mon.gov.ua.

CASE LAW

On 20 March, the Supreme Court published an updated review of the Supreme Court’s case law on the resolution of commercial disputes under martial law.

On 19 March, the Supreme Court published a review of the current case law of the Administrative Court of Cassation for February 2026.

The Supreme Court, in its ruling of 2 March in Case № 369/14735/24, set out the legal position that if, during proceedings to establish a land easement, there is a risk that the land plot may be disposed of, imposing a seizure order on it as a measure to secure the claim is proportionate and appropriate.

The Supreme Court, in its ruling of 26 February in Case № 910/1399/25, set out the legal position that the transfer by a local authority of water supply and sewerage facilities, constituting an integral property complex, for free use without a competitive tender procedure constitutes a breach of legislation on the protection of economic competition, the Law of Ukraine ‘On the Specifics of Leasing Objects in the Sectors of Heat Supply, Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal that are in Municipal Ownership’ of 21 October 2010 № 2624-VI, and leads to the prevention of competition in the relevant market.

The Supreme Court, in its ruling of 10 February in Case № 910/7133/25, set out the legal position that a property constitutes unauthorised construction if it is built on a plot of land not designated for that purpose, without the necessary permits or in breach of building regulations. State registration of ownership or an arbitration tribunal’s decision does not alter the legal status of unauthorised construction. The landowner has the right to demand the demolition of the unauthorised structure at the expense of the person who carried out the construction, if the landowner did not consent to such construction. A person without a real right to a land plot cannot acquire ownership of the immovable property situated thereon.