From August 16 to 18, some services in Diia will be unavailable due to the update of state registers. Users are advised to use the services in advance or after the completion of the work.
The eRecovery service will be unavailable from 20:00 on 16. 08.2025 to 08:00 on 18.08.2025. The reason is technical work by SE "NAIS" on maintaining state registers of the Ministry of Justice.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved an agreement with the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC. Ukrainian prosecutors will now directly participate in the investigation of war crimes committed by the aggressor.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has exempted citizens and businesses from frontline territories from paying for a number of state services. This applies to real estate registration, issuance of certificates, and changes to business data.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the regulation on the Unified Register of Powers of Attorney, which will allow instant online verification of notarial documents via QR code in "Diia". This innovation will simplify document circulation and minimize fraudulent risks.
The Ministry of Justice has filed a second lawsuit to the court regarding the seizure of assets of Russian senator Sergey Kalashnik for the benefit of the state. The lawsuit concerns the right to claim under contracts with Motorodetal-Konotop LLC for an amount exceeding 95 million hryvnias.
In Berehove, the trial began in the case of the illegal seizure of an apartment and land belonging to a 72-year-old man who was held in a social center. A state notary and a former head of a communal enterprise may be involved in the case.
Prosecutors secured the return of dozens of hectares of land, including protected zones of the museum in Pirogovo. This was the result of the annulment of illegal decisions by the Kyiv City Council from 2007.
Law enforcement officers exposed a scheme of misappropriation of UAH 10 million in procurements for the digital modernization of the Ministry of Justice. Among the defendants are a former State Secretary and current heads of departmental administrations. The officials inflated the cost of server equipment and software.
In the village of Rudkivtsi, another Lenin monument was demolished, but the statement about its "last" status in the controlled territory is false. Monuments to the "leader" remain in the occupied territories of Ukraine, particularly in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Participants of the EIT in research methodology have received their results. The results card, necessary for admission to postgraduate studies, is available for download in their personal accounts.
Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko visited the Bilenkivska correctional colony in Zaporizhzhia, attacked by Russian KABs on July 28. All convicts were evacuated immediately after the shelling, which indicates a targeted attack on the penitentiary institution.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, appealed to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice with demands for the relocation of institutions and an official investigation after the shelling of the Bilenkivska correctional colony, where 16 people died and about 50 were injured. He emphasized the irresponsible attitude towards the safety of detainees in places of detention located near the combat zone.
In the first half of 2025, 68,595 marriages were registered in Ukraine, 14,411 of them in Kyiv. This is 6% less than in the same period of 2024, but 15% more than in 2023.
This year, Sofia became the most common name for girls in Ukraine, while Bohdan, Matvii, Oleksandr, and Tymofii were popular among boys. Parents also chose rare names such as Arey, Lucifer, Valkyrie, and Munachimso Aiv.
The third round of negotiations on the establishment of an International Commission to consider claims for damages caused to Ukraine by the aggression of the Russian Federation took place in The Hague. The Commission will be established under the auspices of the Council of Europe, and the international treaty will take the form of an open convention of the Council of Europe.
The Ministry of Justice reminds that to receive compensation under the "eRecovery" program, it is necessary to enter property ownership data into the State Register of Rights. Property owners registered before 2013 can do this free of charge through a notary, ASC, or online via "Diia."
As of mid-July 2025, over 187,000 proceedings for non-payment of alimony have been recorded in the Unified Register of Debtors. The number of proceedings has increased by 23,000 since the start of the full-scale invasion, with 91% of them opened against men.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) to recover the assets of Volodymyr Oliynyk, accused of assisting the occupation regime in the Kyiv region. Seven real estate objects, a vessel, and a share in a limited liability company are claimed for recovery.
Denys Uliutin became the Minister of Social Policy, Taras Kachka – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, and Oleksiy Sobolev – Minister of Economy. These appointments took place in the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers.
In the updated government led by Yulia Svyrydenko, most ministers retained their positions, some swapped chairs. Denys Shmyhal headed the Ministry of Defense, Herman Halushchenko — the Ministry of Justice, and Svitlana Hrynchuk — the Ministry of Energy.
The Northern Commercial Court of Appeal satisfied the demands of the Ministry of Justice, canceling the registration of rights to four real estate objects of the CPU in Kyiv, transferred in 2014 to a controlled charitable organization. This property, with a total area of 1163.6 sq. m, will be transferred to state ownership, as the CPU is banned.
For over five months, Ukraine's pharmaceutical market has been in limbo due to the lack of a decision regarding marketing agreements. Discussions on a new government resolution are ongoing, but legal caveats are blocking its adoption.
The European Court of Human Rights has established that Russia systematically transferred and adopted Ukrainian children since June 2014, violating the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. After February 2022, these crimes escalated, and legislative changes in the Russian Federation simplified the acquisition of citizenship and adoption.
The European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of systemic and mass human rights violations in the occupied territories of Ukraine since 2014 and during the full-scale invasion. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine called this decision unprecedented and one of the most significant in the practice of interstate cases.
MP Oksana Dmytriieva explained that the Ministry of Justice demands the removal of percentage restrictions from the draft resolution on regulating marketing in the pharmaceutical market, as they are not provided for by the current law.
Five camps for prisoners of war operate in Ukraine, as well as sections in institutions of the State Penitentiary Service. There are enough Russian prisoners for exchanges; they are involved in paid labor and have proper conditions of detention.
The number of newborns in Ukraine decreased by 97,093 from 2021 to 2024. Expert Olena Sosedka notes that this leads to a decrease in the working-age population and hinders economic development.
Ukraine is developing a specialized correctional program for veterans and combatants who are probation clients or serving sentences. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Justice Yevhen Pikalov, noting the increase in the number of such individuals.
The Ministry of Justice is preparing a new bill on the penitentiary system, shifting the focus from punishment to rehabilitation of convicted persons. Deputy Minister of Justice Yevhen Pikalov announced an increase in employees' salaries and the creation of a center for monitoring electronic bracelets.
