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On 16 July, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 3851-IX "On some issues of parliamentary control over the receipt and use of international material and technical assistance during martial law". By this Resolution, the Parliament approved the Report of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on monitoring the receipt and use of international material and technical assistance and completed the work of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

On 30 July, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution № 864 "On Approval of the State Targeted Social Programme for the Strengthening of Ukrainian National and Civil Identity for the Period up to 2028". The purpose of the Programme is to create favorable conditions and establish inter-sectoral cooperation at the national and regional levels for the implementation of state policy in the field of strengthening Ukrainian national and civic identity through national-patriotic, military-patriotic education, civic education of the population of Ukraine, promotion of social and state values of Ukraine and the formation of Ukrainian national and civic identity on their basis.

On 30 July, the CMU adopted Resolution №861 "Some issues of providing fuel wood to the population of the territories where military operations are (were) conducted". According to this Resolution:

– for the period of martial law and six months from the date of its termination or cancellation, fuel wood is provided free of charge to the population of the territories where military operations are (were) conducted using independent collection of fuel wood by the population for household needs;

– the objects for independent collection of fuel wood for household needs are felling residues in forest areas of all types of felling. The collection of felling residues is carried out without separating the tree trunk from the stump and without using petrol and electric motor saws;

– the defense council of the respective oblast decides to support or not to support the implementation of measures for the independent collection of fuel wood for household needs within the oblast, in particular, determines the list of forest areas within which the collection of felling residues will be carried out, days and hours during which the collection of felling residues will be carried out;

– local self-government bodies shall ensure that civilians are informed about the decision of the defense council of the respective oblast to take measures for independent collection of fuelwood for households' domestic needs within the region through the media or by placing announcements in public places, as well as on official websites of local self-government bodies, indicating contact details of authorized representatives of permanent forest users and forest owners.

On 25 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 858 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Determining Recovery Areas". From now on, the territories of recovery include municipalities that meet at least one of the following criteria:

– there were hostilities on the territory of the hromada;

– the territory of the hromada or a part of it was temporarily occupied;

– there is destruction of critical and social infrastructure and housing facilities on the territory of the hromada as a result of hostilities and/or shelling;

– there is a sharp decline in the level of socio-economic development and significant displacement of the population to other regions and/or foreign countries on the territory of the hromada with the following indicators

• the number of persons who have left the hromada and registered as internally displaced persons is more than 10 percent of the total population as of 1 January 2022;
• the decrease in revenues from taxes and fees to the general fund of the local budget for the previous year compared to 2021 is at least 30 percent.

On 25 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 851 "On Approval of the State Standard of Specialised Secondary Education". According to this Resolution:

– the State Standard of Specialised Secondary Education was approved;

– the State Standard of Specialised Secondary Education will be applied from 1 September 2027 for students enrolled in twelve-year full general secondary education programs.

On 23 July, the CMU adopted Resolution №848 "On Approval of the Procedure for Monitoring Land and Soils". The approved Procedure defines the mechanism for monitoring land and soil to timely detect changes in the state of land, pollution, and soil properties, assess the implementation of land protection measures, preserve and restore soil fertility, prevent the impact of negative processes, and eliminate the consequences of such implications.

On 23 July, the CMU adopted Resolution №841 "On the beginning of the academic year during martial law in Ukraine". According to this Resolution, the 2024/25 academic year in general secondary education institutions will start on 2 September 2024 and last until 30 June 2025. This Resolution is to be applied during martial law.

On 18 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 835 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Provision of Housing Subsidies and Benefits for Housing and Utility Services". The Resolution amended the following Governmental acts:

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

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

– "Procedure for Implementing a Pilot Project to Improve the Procedure for Providing Subsidies to the Population to Reimburse the Costs of Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel", approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 601 dated 13 June 2023 "On Implementing a Pilot Project to Improve the Procedure for Providing Subsidies to the Population to Reimburse the Costs of Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel;

– "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 No. 1395 of 27 December 2023 "On 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".

On 12 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 821 "On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 391 dated 25 April 2023 and No. 928 dated 25 August 2023". This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

– Resolution № 391 dated 25 April 2023 "Some Issues of Remuneration of Employees of State Bodies and Local Self-Government Bodies during Martial Law";

– Resolution № 928 of 25 August 2023 "Some Issues of Remuneration of Employees of Enterprises, Institutions, Establishments, and Organisations during Martial Law".

On 12 July, the CMU adopted Resolution №813 "On Amendments to the Procedure for the Use of Funds Provided in the State Budget for Providing Concessional Long-Term State Loans to Internally Displaced Persons, Participants of the Anti-Terrorist Operation and / or Participants of the Joint Forces Operation for the Purchase of Housing". Therefore, according to the amendments:

– the object of preferential long-term state lending is an apartment in an apartment building or a single-family residential building, provided that such an apartment building or single-family residential building was put into operation no more than 50 years ago or reconstructed no more than 35 years ago;

– a preferential long-term state loan is granted for a term of up to 30 years, but not more than until the borrower reaches the age of 65 (inclusive) on the date of full fulfillment of obligations under the loan agreement;

– the maximum loan amount may not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying the standard housing area by the maximum cost per m2. Any costs associated with the loan object that exceed the maximum loan amount shall be borne by the borrower;

– no later than on the day of concluding the loan agreement, the candidate deposits to his/her account opened with the agent bank funds in the amount of at least 6% of the cost of the housing and funds for the area and cost of housing exceeding the standard, if any.

On 12 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 812 "On Amendments to the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 830 dated 5 July 2004 and № 1144 dated 31 October 2023". This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

– Resolution № 830 dated 5 July 2004 "On Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Encumbrances on Movable Property";

– Resolution № 1144 dated 31 October 2023 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Encumbrances on Movable Property".

On 9 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 807 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Conscription of Citizens for Military Service during Mobilisation and for a Special Period". Thus, according to the amendments, calls for military service will be issued to persons liable for military service using the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists, or the call form will be filled in by a representative of the district (city) territorial recruitment and social support center or its department.

The head of the district (city) territorial center for recruitment and social support or its department will put a qualified electronic signature on the call or personally sign the call and seal it with the stamp.

In case of forming a call-up notice using the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons liable for Military Service and Reservists, the head of the district (city) territorial center for recruitment and social support or its department will affix a qualified electronic signature to the call-up notice on the day of its formation.

The registration number of the call-up notice will be recorded in the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists.

Summonses generated with the help of the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons liable for military service and reservists, after the head of the district (city) territorial center for recruitment and social support or its department has affixed a qualified electronic signature, may:

– be centrally printed together with a list of enclosures and sent to persons liable for military service and reservists using postal services by registered mail with a list of enclosures and a notification of delivery;

– to be handed to persons liable for military service and reservists during the notification.

We would like to remind you that notification is the communication of signals and messages to military authorities, central and local executive authorities, local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, and the population about the announcement of mobilization, summoning citizens to territorial recruitment and social support centers, as well as the delivery (sending) of calls to citizens.

By Articles 18 and 21 of the Law "On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation", executive bodies of village, settlement, and town councils, as well as enterprises, institutions, and organizations, provide timely notification during mobilization in accordance with the established procedure and ensure the arrival of citizens who are called to perform their mobilization obligation by the procedure set out in parts three to five of Article 22 of this Law.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 796 "Some issues of granting subventions from the state budget to local budgets to ensure high-quality, modern and affordable general secondary education "New Ukrainian School" in 2024". By this Resolution:

– “Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets to Ensure Quality, Modern, and Affordable General Secondary Education "New Ukrainian School" was approved in a new version;

– approved the distribution of the amount of subvention from the state budget to local budgets to ensure high-quality, modern, and affordable general secondary education "New Ukrainian School" by areas in 2024 under the budget program 2211230.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 795 "On Implementation of the First Stage of the Pilot Project on Introduction of the Unified State Electronic System of Permits". According to this Resolution:

– a two-year pilot project was launched to implement the first stage of the Unified State Electronic System of Permits;

– the list of electronic public services provided in an automatic mode was expanded;

– “Procedure for Implementation of the Pilot Project on Implementation of the First Stage of the Unified State Electronic System of Permits” was approved.

Within the framework of the pilot project, the following administrative services in the field of labor protection and licensing will be provided in electronic form through the Electronic System and the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services:

– issuance of a license to carry out business activities in veterinary practice, suspension and renewal of a license in full, cancellation of a license in full;

– issuance of a license for the conduct of economic activities for the cultivation of plants included in Table I of the list of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and precursors approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 6 May 2000 No. 770;

– issuance of a license to carry out educational activities at the level of preschool education, suspension, and renewal of the license in full, cancellation of the license in full;

– registration of the declaration of compliance of the material and technical base with the requirements of the legislation on labor protection (initial, updated).

Using the Electronic System, the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services, the following will be carried out:

– filing a complaint against actions (inaction) of the licensing authority regarding violation of the requirements of the licensing legislation;

– applying for withdrawal of a complaint against actions (inaction) of the licensing authority regarding violation of the licensing legislation.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 785 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on State Registration of Real Property Rights and Encumbrances". According to the Resolution, the following Governmental acts were amended:

– "Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Real Property Rights", approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1141 dated 26 October 2011. Thus, the special section of the State Register of Rights in connection with the registration of ownerless immovable property now contains information about the local government body upon whose application the property was registered as ownerless and the object of the property rights;

– “Procedure for State Registration of Real Property Rights and Encumbrances”, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1127 dated 25 December 2015. Therefore, now the state registrar, provided that there are no grounds for rejecting the application, uses the software tools of the State Register of Rights to form and register it in the application database separately for each property, except as provided by law;

– “Procedure for Assigning Addresses to Construction Objects, Real Estate Objects”, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 690 dated 7 July 2021.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 784 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Providing Financial State Support to Individuals Installing Generating Units Generating Electricity from Alternative Energy Sources in Their Households". Thus, according to the amendments:

– interest compensation will be provided to one individual under one loan agreement for the purchase and installation of a hybrid power supply system in his or her own private household with a real estate object, the total area of which may not exceed 250 m2, and one personal account of a household consumer of electricity;

– from the date of receipt of the loan, the individual shall submit copies of documents confirming the acquisition and commissioning of the hybrid power supply system to the authorized bank within 90 calendar days, as well as send a photo of the installed hybrid power supply system with a geolocation mark;

– to ensure the monitoring of the intended use of the purchased and installed hybrid electricity supply system, an individual will send a photo of the installed hybrid electricity supply system with a geolocation mark and data on the volume of electricity consumption on the personal account to the authorized bank once every six months.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 782 "On Amendments to the Peculiarities of Public Procurement of Goods, Works, and Services for Customers Provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Public Procurement" for the Period of Martial Law in Ukraine and within 90 days from the date of its termination or cancellation". The Resolution introduced several innovations in the public procurement of goods, works, and services during the period of martial law.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 781 "Certain Issues of Provision of Medical Services to the Population for a Fee from Legal Entities and Individuals". According to the Resolution:

– a list of cases in which municipally-owned healthcare facilities may provide healthcare services to the public for a fee from individuals and legal entities was approved;

– healthcare institutions operating in the organizational and legal form of a municipal institution may carry out additional (economic) activities provided for in their charters and independently set fees for them;

– in municipal healthcare facilities:

• the list of healthcare services that may be provided for a fee from legal entities and individuals, and their cost shall be published on the website of the healthcare institution and placed on information stands inside the healthcare institution;
• the list of healthcare services provided by the healthcare institution to patients free of charge, at the expense of the state or local budget, in particular within the framework of the program of state guarantees of healthcare services to the population, is published on the website of the healthcare institution and placed on information stands inside the healthcare institution;
• provision of healthcare services to the population for a fee from legal entities and individuals shall be documented with relevant supporting documents, entered the electronic healthcare system with the source of payment, and payment shall be made exclusively in non-cash form.

This Resolution will come into force on 1 January 2025.

On 5 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 779 "On Approval of the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2024 to Ensure the Institution of a Veteran's Assistant in the System of Transition from Military Service to Civilian Life and Certain Measures to Support Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine".

A veteran's assistant is a specialist in supporting war veterans and demobilized persons who provide them with services to support the transition from military service to civilian life in terms of opportunities, rights, guarantees, benefits, obtaining public, social, educational, rehabilitation, psychological and other services, and assisting them in finding the most appropriate tools to meet their needs.

Subvention administrators for local budgets are determined by decisions on such budgets in accordance with the law. The subvention is allocated to:

– providing remuneration with accruals for a support specialist who carries out his/her activities by the procedure approved in accordance with the established procedure;

– implementation of certain measures to support persons who have defended the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine, by the procedure approved in accordance with the established procedure.

The conditions for granting the subvention are as follows:

– availability of trained support specialists, taking into account the information from the Unified State Register of War Veterans on the number of war veterans in the regions and the city of Kyiv and by the requirements and criteria set by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine;

– a decision to introduce support specialist positions in existing municipal institutions based on the provision of services by one support specialist to 100 war veterans;

– a duly approved staffing list of the municipal institution with the introduction of the position of a support specialist;

– determining the amount of remuneration for a support specialist by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 30 August 2002 № 1298 "On Remuneration of Employees based on the Unified Tariff Scale of Categories and Coefficients for Remuneration of Employees of Institutions, Establishments, and Organisations of Certain Branches of the Public Sector";

– proper arrangement of a workplace for a support specialist in existing municipal institutions and provision of funds for this purpose in the budgets of institutions.

On 2 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 774 "Some issues of distribution in 2024 of subventions from the state budget to local budgets for the payment of monetary compensation for housing for certain categories of persons who participated in hostilities on the territory of other states, as well as their family members". This Government Resolution:

– distributed almost UAH 400 million between the oblast budgets and the city of Kyiv;

– amended the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 214 of 28 March 2018 "Issues of Provision of Housing to Certain Categories of Persons Who Took Part in Hostilities on the Territory of Other States and Members of Their Families".

On 2 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 773 "Some issues of distribution in 2024 of subventions from the state budget to local budgets for the payment of monetary compensation for housing for certain categories of persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as their families". This Government Resolution:

– distributed almost UAH 3 billion between the oblast budgets and the city of Kyiv;

– amended Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 719 of 19 October 2016 "Issues of Provision of Housing to Certain Categories of Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, as well as Members of Their Families".

On 2 July, the CMU adopted Resolution № 772 "Some issues of distribution in 2024 of subventions from the state budget to local budgets for the payment of monetary compensation for housing for internally displaced persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".

This Government Resolution:

– distributed more than UAH 2.3 billion between the oblast budgets and the city of Kyiv;

– amended the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 280 dated 18 April 2018 "Issues of Provision of Housing for Internally Displaced Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine".

On 2 July, the CMU adopted Resolution №767 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Submitting Applications for Compensation for Losses, Damage or Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine to the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine using the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services". By this Resolution, more than UAH 285 million was distributed among the budgets of individual territorial communities in Volyn, Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy and Chernihiv oblasts.

On 25 July, the CMU issued Order № 685-r "On Approval of the Distribution of Additional Subsidies from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Exercise of Powers of Local Self-Government Bodies in the De-occupied, Temporarily Occupied and Other Territories of Ukraine Affected by the Full-Scale Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation for the Second Quarter of 2024".

On 18 July, the CMU issued Order № 661-r "On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Provision of Safe Conditions in General Secondary Education Institutions in 2024". This order allocated almost UAH 206 million to the budgets of certain hromadas in Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Sumy oblasts.

On 12 July, the CMU issued Order № 650-r "On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Provision of Safe Conditions in Healthcare Facilities in 2024". According to this order, almost UAH 940 million was distributed among the budgets of certain communities in Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Ternopil, Poltava, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv oblasts.

On 5 July, the CMU issued Order № 632-r "On Approval of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Building a Safe and Healthy Educational Environment in the New Ukrainian School for 2024". According to the approved Action Plan, local governments (with their consent) are responsible for implementing various measures to achieve the strategic goals set out in the plan.

On 2 July, the CMU issued Order № 612-r "On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Provision of Safe Conditions in Healthcare Facilities in 2024". This order allocates almost UAH 59 million between the budgets of Kamianske and Zolochiv town hromadas and the budget of Rivne oblast.