During its meeting on July 7, 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a resolution allowing commissions to remotely inspect destroyed housing in areas of active combat operations as part of the e-Reconstruction program. The relevant mechanism was developed by the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine. It will serve as a tool to provide access to compensation for people who have lost their homes as a result of Russian aggression in communities that are under daily fire.
Inspecting destroyed housing in areas of active combat operations is difficult due to the security situation. Commissions that establish the facts of destruction of housing were often unable to travel to conduct such inspections.
“In many regions, due to constant shelling, commissions simply cannot travel to the site to assess the damage. We are launching a mechanism that allows people to receive compensation for destroyed housing without risking their lives,” said Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine – Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba.
Remote surveys will be conducted by commissions set up by local authorities or regional military administrations. They will be able to use all available remote surveillance tools, including:
- satellite images;
- materials obtained using UAV photography;
- photos and videos taken on a mobile phone by the homeowner.
There are clear requirements for photos taken by applicants:
- the photo must be in color, clear, and without defects;
- the file must contain the date and time of shooting, geolocation;
- a general view and at least 3 different angles of the dwelling confirming the fact of destruction;
- the photos must clearly show the destroyed structures, in particular load-bearing walls, floors, and the roof;
- the photos must contain identifying features of the object: address plates, house numbers, signs, and other landmarks.
If necessary, additional evidence can be submitted, such as reports from the State Emergency Service, police, and eyewitness accounts. If there is sufficient evidence, the commission draws up a remote survey report and enters it into the Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property (RDP). This paves the way for obtaining a housing certificate, a document that allows you to purchase a new home in a safer region.
The introduction of the remote survey mechanism is part of the systematic digitization of the process of recording war damage. In the first stage, it will operate in communities where hostilities are ongoing. If successfully implemented, the mechanism will be scaled up to other territories, including those temporarily occupied.
At the same time, the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development is preparing decisions focused on internally displaced persons from temporarily occupied territories. In particular, a compensation program for the purchase of housing in safe regions. The first to benefit from it will be military personnel whose families were forced to leave their homes. As part of this program, it is planned to provide housing vouchers that can be used to purchase housing or cover mortgage costs.
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