The Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine held a meeting of the Commission on Establishing the Fact of Deprivation of a Person of Personal Liberty as a Result of Armed Aggression against Ukraine.
Based on the results of considering the applications, the fact of being in captivity was established for 21 persons, 49 persons were recognized as family members of persons in respect of whom the fact of deprivation of personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine was established.
In 2025, the Commission has already adopted 3656 decisions on confirming the fact of deprivation of personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine. You can submit an application for establishing the fact of deprivation of personal liberty and familiarize yourself with the list of required documents at the link.
If there are additional documents confirming the fact and circumstances of deprivation of personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine, the application can be submitted again.
“The Commission considers each application separately, analyzing in detail the submitted facts and circumstances. After a full study of the materials, a decision is made in accordance with the current legislation,” emphasized Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development and Chairman of the Commission Oleksiy Ryabykin.
People who have returned from captivity are entitled to a one-time state aid of 100 thousand hryvnias after their release and to annual aid in the same amount for each year of their stay in captivity. Almost 12 thousand payments have already been made for a total amount of about 1.2 billion hryvnias, of which: 359 million hryvnias – one-time aid after their release, 818.7 million hryvnias – annual aid. The right to receive annual aid also extends to family members.
You can find out more about the procedure for receiving aid at the link. In addition to financial support, those released from captivity as part of the exchange also receive basic necessities: food, hygiene products, seasonal clothing and footwear. Additionally, sports bags or backpacks, smartphones with SIM cards, stationery and a state flag are provided. All this is determined by the order of the Ministry of Development of Ukraine dated 03/14/2025 No. 455. Since the beginning of 2025, 3,482 people have received such assistance.
The authority to establish the fact of deprivation of personal freedom as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine was transferred to the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine in early 2025. Previously, such a Commission operated under the Ministry for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories.
For reference. The Commission was established in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Social and Legal Protection of Persons in Respect of Whom the Fact of Deprivation of Personal Freedom as a Result of Armed Aggression against Ukraine, and Their Family Members”. This Law applies to citizens who: were captured in connection with the protection of state sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine, who belong to the security forces and defense forces of Ukraine (military personnel); civilians who were deprived of personal liberty in connection with: the implementation by such citizens of activities aimed at expressing views, values, positions on defending state sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, democratic constitutional order and other national interests of Ukraine, as well as for professional, public, political or human rights activities related to defending state sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, democratic constitutional order and other national interests of Ukraine, protection of the rights and freedoms of persons deprived of personal liberty due to such activities, if there were grounds to believe that the implementation of such activities posed a real or potential danger of unlawful persecution of the person by the aggressor state, its bodies, units, formations, other entities; with illegal actions of the aggressor state, its bodies, units, formations, other entities with the explicit or hidden purpose of inciting Ukraine, another state, state body, organization, including international, legal entities or individuals to act or refrain from acting as a condition for the release of a citizen of Ukraine.