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On May 9, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) adopted Law of Ukraine № 3696-IX “On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses to Improve Liability for Violation of Military Registration Rules and Legislation on Defense, Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization”. This Law of Ukraine restated Article 210 “Violation of the Rules of Military Registration by Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service, Reservists” and Article 210-1 “Violation of the Legislation on Defense, Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization” of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.

On May 22, the VRU adopted Resolution № 3726-IX “On the Establishment of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Use of the State Budget of Ukraine for the Construction of Fortifications and Engineering Barriers on the Contact Line, as well as for the Production and Purchase of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Electronic Warfare Equipment for Military Units and Subdivisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Other Military Formations Formed by the Laws of Ukraine”.

The main tasks of the Temporary Special Commission are to study the circumstances and prepare questions regarding:

1) the needs of the security and defense sector for unmanned aerial vehicles and the formation of a state order for the production and purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare equipment

2) analyze the practice of distribution, transfer, supply, and registration of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare equipment to military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations established by the laws of Ukraine;

3) construction of fortifications, engineering barriers on the contact line, and targeted use of funds allocated for their construction.

On May 24, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution № 597 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 166 of February 24, 2016, and № 861 of August 2, 2022”. This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

- “The Procedure for the Functioning of the Electronic Procurement System and Authorization of Electronic Platforms”, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 166 dated February 24, 2016;

- “The Procedure for Confirming the Degree of Localization of Production of Goods“, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 861 dated August 2, 2022.

On May 17, the CMU adopted Resolution № 575 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 120 of February 16, 2022 ‘On Approval of the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of Equipment, Modernization (Reconstruction and Overhaul) of Canteens (Catering Units) of General Secondary Education Institutions’.

This Resolution sets out in a new version the “Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of Equipment, Creation, and Modernization (Reconstruction and Capital Repairs) of Canteens (Catering Units) of General Secondary Education Institutions”.

The subvention is directed to the implementation of projects for the purchase of equipment, creation, and modernization (reconstruction and overhaul) of canteens (catering units) in general secondary education institutions of municipal ownership.

On May 17, the CMU adopted Resolution № 574 “On Approval of the Procedure for Legal Monitoring of By-Laws”. This Resolution approves the above-mentioned Procedure, which defines the mechanism for organizing and conducting legal monitoring of by-laws, which is carried out by the Law of Ukraine “On Lawmaking” to track, analyze, and evaluate the implementation of adopted by-laws. Legal monitoring is carried out by:

1) by lawmaking entities (which, according to Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On Lawmaking”, include local self-government bodies) - about the regulatory legal acts adopted (issued) by them;

2) other participants of lawmaking activities - in cases and by the procedure established by law.

This Resolution shall enter into force simultaneously with the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine “On Lawmaking” (i.e., one year after the date of termination or abolition of martial law in Ukraine).

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 560 “On Approval of the Procedure for Conscription of Citizens for Military Service during Mobilization and for a Special Period”. The Procedure approved by this resolution defines:

• the mechanism of exercising powers and interaction between local state administrations, local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions, and organizations regardless of subordination and form of ownership, military administration bodies, bodies and units of the police system, and officials of territorial recruitment and social support centers to organize the conscription of citizens for military service during mobilization and for a special period;
• the procedure for notifying persons liable for military service and reservists, their arrival at territorial recruitment and social support centers, military units of the Armed Forces, other military formations, the Central Office or regional body of the Security Service of Ukraine or the relevant unit of intelligence agencies;
• the procedure for verification of military registration documents of citizens, clarification of personal data of persons liable for military service and reservists, and introduction of relevant changes to military registration documents;
• the procedure for granting persons liable for military service and reservists a postponement of military service during mobilization, for a special period and its registration;
• organization of medical examination of persons liable for military service and reservists to determine their fitness for military service;
• the procedure for registration of a call-up for military service during mobilization and for a special period;
• the mechanism for dispatching persons liable for military service and reservists to places of military service.

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 564 “On Approval of Regulations on Recruitment Centers”. This Resolution approved:

• “Regulations on recruitment centers of the Armed Forces”;

• “Regulations on Recruiting Centers”.

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 563 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Organizing and Maintaining Military Registration of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists”. This resolution introduces significant changes to the Procedure for Organizing and Maintaining Military Registration of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service, and Reservists, approved by Resolution № 1487 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on December 30, 2022.

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 559 “On Approval of the Procedure for the Registration (Creation) and Issuance of Military Registration Documents for Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists and the Form of Such Document”.

On May 16, the CMU adopted Resolution № 558 “On Amendments to the Regulation on Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers”. According to the amendments, the executive bodies of city councils, in cooperation with district (city) territorial centers of recruitment and social support and local governments, organize the referral of Ukrainian citizens for basic military service.

On May 14, the CMU adopted Resolution № 555 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Reservation of Persons Liable for Military Service on the List of Persons Liable for Military Service during Martial Law”.

On May 14, the CMU adopted Resolution № 548 “On Approval of the Procedure for Assessment of the Condition of Wastewater Disposal and Wastewater Treatment”. This Procedure establishes the requirements for assessing the technical condition of centralized and non-centralized sewage facilities and the quality of wastewater treatment.

On May 14, the CMU adopted Resolution № 547 “On Amendments to Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1010 dated December 13, 2017 and No. 1320 dated December 7, 2023”. This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1010 dated December 13, 2017 “On Approval of Criteria for Determining Planned Activities Not Subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and Criteria for Determining Expansions and Changes in Activities and Facilities Not Subject to Environmental Impact Assessment”

- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 7, 2023, № 1320 “Some issues of placement of gas-piston cogeneration units for the period of martial law”.

On May 14, the CMU adopted Resolution № 543 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 719 of October 19, 2016 ‘Issues of Providing Housing to Certain Categories of Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, as well as Members of Their Families’. This Resolution introduced significant changes to the “Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for Payment of Monetary Compensation for Housing for Certain Categories of Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, as well as Members of Their Families”.

On May 10, the CMU adopted Resolution № 542 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Determining and Compensating Damages to Landowners and Land Users” approved by Resolution № 284 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of April 19, 1993. Thus, now the amount of damages is determined by commissions established by Kyiv and Sevastopol city, district state (military) administrations, and executive bodies of village, settlement, and town councils. The commissions include representatives of Kyiv and Sevastopol city, district state (military) administrations, executive bodies of village, settlement, town councils (chairpersons of the commissions), land owners or land users (tenants) who have suffered losses, representatives of enterprises, institutions, organizations and citizens who will compensate them, representatives of financial authorities, authorized urban planning and architecture bodies, as well as, upon agreement, representatives of the territorial bodies of the State Environmental Inspectorate and the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre.

On May 10, the CMU adopted Resolution № 540 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1460 ‘On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1460 of December 23, 2021’. This Resolution approved:

• “The Procedure for Implementing and Ensuring the Functioning of Energy Management Systems of Public Authorities, Enterprises, Institutions and Organizations Belonging to their Management”;
• “Exemplary Procedure for the Use of Cost Savings Arising from the Functioning of the Energy Management System in a Public Authority”.

By this Resolution, local governments are recommended to be guided by the Procedure for Implementing and Ensuring the Functioning of Energy Management Systems of Public Authorities, Enterprises, Institutions, and Organizations Under Their Management approved by this resolution when implementing energy management systems.

On May 8, the CMU adopted Resolution № 521 “Some Issues of Provision, Calculation, and Payment of Housing Subsidies and Benefits to Reimburse Expenses for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel given the Energy Crisis in Kharkiv and Settlements of Kharkiv Region”. This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

- “Regulations on the Procedure for Awarding Housing Subsidies”, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 848 dated October 21, 1995 “On Simplifying the Procedure for Providing Subsidies to the Population to Reimburse Expenses for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel”;

- “Regulation on the Register of Persons entitled to benefits, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 117 dated January 29, 2003;

- “Procedure for Granting Benefits for Payment for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Solid Fuel and Liquefied Gas in Cash,” approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 373 “Some Issues of Providing Housing Subsidies and Benefits for Payment for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Solid Fuel and Liquefied Gas in Cash” dated April 17, 2019;

- Resolution of the CMU № 214 dated March 7, 2022 “Some issues of providing state social assistance and benefits for the period of martial law”

- Resolution of the CMU № 215 dated March 7, 2022 “On the peculiarities of calculation and payment of financial assistance, benefits, and housing subsidies for the period of martial law”;

- Procedure for Implementing a Pilot Project to Improve the Procedure for Registering War Veterans and Providing Them with Benefits for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Solid Fuel and Liquefied Gas, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1395 of December 27, 2023.

On May 7, the CMU adopted Resolution № 512 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 634 ‘On Peculiarities of Lease of State and Communal Property during Martial Law’ dated May 27, 2022. This Resolution stipulates that:

- The calculation of rent for tenants specified in subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 634 dated May 27, 2022 “On Peculiarities of Lease of State and Municipal Property during the Period of Martial Law” shall be carried out subject to the amendments approved by Government Resolution № 512, starting from January 1, 2024. The rent overpaid by the said tenants shall be credited against future payments;

- for the period of martial law and six months after its termination or cancellation:

• municipal enterprises, which are fully or partially financed from the local budget, established by local governments whose jurisdiction extends to certain territories for which the date of completion of hostilities or temporary occupation has not been determined, have the right to lease state property without holding an auction to equip dormitories for temporary accommodation of internally displaced (evacuated) persons whose housing was destroyed or damaged as a result of the armed aggression of the russian federation;
• the monthly rent for state property used by local governments or municipal enterprises, institutions, and organizations established by them to arrange dormitories for temporary accommodation of internally displaced (evacuated) persons whose housing was destroyed or damaged because of the armed aggression of the russian federation is UAH 1 per 1 m2 of the leased property.

On May 3, the CMU adopted Resolution № 525 “Some Issues of Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets to Meet the Needs of Ensuring a Safe Educational Environment”. According to this Resolution:

- the balance of the special fund of the state budget for providing subventions to local budgets to meet the needs for a safe educational environment in the total amount of almost UAH 9 million was distributed to the budgets of Dmytrushkivska village and Bolhradska town municipalities, as well as to the budget of Odesa oblast;

- the “Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets to Meet the Needs for a Safe Educational Environment” was approved.

On May 3, the CMU adopted Resolution № 506 “On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Purchase of School Buses”. According to the amendments, the amount of the subvention is determined by a commission (established by an order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) in proportion to the number of students in the region who need transportation by the law and are not provided with such transportation by school buses, taking into account the coefficient set for each region, depending on the proximity to the line of contact.

On May 3, the CMU adopted Resolution №504 “On Approval of the Procedure for the Use of Funds Provided for in the State Budget for Strengthening Local Self-Government in Ukraine”. This Procedure defines the mechanism for the use of funds provided for in the state budget under the budget program “Strengthening Local Self-Government in Ukraine”, the source of which is grant funds attracted by the Grant and Project Agreement of December 22, 2022, between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, KfW, Frankfurt am Main and the municipal enterprise “ChernivtsiVodokanal” in the amount of EUR 16.4 million - Strengthening Local Self-Government in Ukraine.

On May 3, the CMU adopted Resolution № 501 “On Amendments to the Regulation on the Procedure, Conditions, and Criteria for Establishing Disability”. As a result, a person applying for a disability determination must now submit the following documents to undergo a medical and social examination:

• passport of a citizen of Ukraine and an extract from the register of the territorial community (in case of presentation of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a plastic card (ID card), a certificate of registration of an internally displaced person - for an internally displaced person (if available);
• certificate of assignment of a taxpayer registration number (for individuals who, due to religious beliefs, refuse to accept a taxpayer registration number and have officially notified the relevant supervisory authority and have a corresponding mark in the passport of a citizen of Ukraine, a copy of the passport page with such a mark);
• military ID (temporary certificate of a person liable for military service) or a certificate of registration with a military enlistment office or a certificate of registration with the territorial center of recruitment and social support (if available) - for men aged 18 to 60 years;
• passport document of a foreigner or a document certifying a stateless person - for foreigners and stateless persons who are legally present in Ukraine;
• certificate of detention in places of detention because of armed aggression against Ukraine or internment in neutral states, or a decision of the Commission on establishing the fact of deprivation of personal liberty because of armed aggression against Ukraine - for persons in respect of whom the fact of deprivation of personal liberty because of armed aggression against Ukraine or internment in neutral states has been established.

On May 3, the CMU adopted Resolution № 493 “On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Certain Issues of the Activities of Structural Subdivisions of Local State Administrations and Executive Bodies of Local Councils Vested with Functions on Veterans' Policy”. This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

- “Regulation on the Procedure for Issuing Certificates and Badges of War Veterans”, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on May 12, 1994, № 302 “On the Procedure for Issuing Certificates and Badges of War Veterans”;

- "The Procedure and Conditions for Payment of a One-time Financial Allowance in Case of Death or Disability of a Volunteer as a Result of Injury Sustained while Providing Volunteer Assistance in the Area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, Implementation of Measures to Ensure National Security and Defence, Repulsion and Deterrence of the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, and Implementation of Measures Necessary to Ensure the Defence of Ukraine";

- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 28, 2018, № 119 “Some issues of social protection of affected participants of the Revolution of Dignity”;

- “The Procedure for Granting and Depriving of the Status of Combatant of Persons Who Performed a Combat (Service) Task to Protect the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine in Direct Contact and Fire Contact with Military Formations of Other States and Illegal Armed Groups”, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 203 of March 3, 2020;

- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of December 16, 2022, № 1390 “Some Issues of Validity of Certificates of Persons with Disabilities as a Result of War for the Period of Martial Law”.