Ukrainians will be able to document damaged property through remote inspections

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is introducing additional digital tools that will significantly simplify the process for citizens to document property damage in order to receive further government assistance. 

As reported by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, from now on, remote inspection reports may be officially used to document housing that has been damaged or completely destroyed as a result of hostilities. This decision is intended to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles, expedite the legal documentation of material losses, and allow experts to assess the extent of damage without the need for in-person visits to dangerous or hard-to-reach sites.

At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers is significantly tightening control over the allocation of budget funds and making the entire system for calculating monetary compensation as transparent as possible for the public. All operational information regarding the processing of applications is now automatically integrated into databases and will be displayed directly in citizens’ personal online accounts on the Pension Fund of Ukraine’s web portal. Thanks to this decision, each applicant will be able to track the detailed status of their case in real time, view precise financial calculations of the amount of assistance awarded, or review officially substantiated reasons in the event of a denial of payments.

Svyrydenko wrote about this in a Telegram post.

Ukraine lacks state budget funds and international aid to quickly provide housing for all citizens who have lost their homes due to the war. In this regard, the Verkhovna Rada is proposing to allocate additional funding from local budgets to expand the “eRecovery” program and accelerate payments to those affected.

In the Kyiv region, an official was detained for extorting half of the “e-Recovery” compensation.