Business war-damage claims in Ukraine

A damaged warehouse, inaccessible equipment, relocation expenses and lost profits raise different legal questions. Work begins by identifying the proper claimant, the losses to be substantiated and the route that fits the situation. Filing with the international Register of Damage does not itself produce an award or a payment.

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This section provides guidance for companies and sole traders on RD4U categories, property in temporarily occupied territory, evidence, calculations, national programmes and insurance. Use the materials to organise your own preparation or to make an initial discussion with an advocate more productive.

These are questions for an initial assessment, not an automatic entitlement decision. The appropriate category depends on the subject of the claim and the rules of the particular procedure.

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The specific assignment is agreed first. An initial assessment may cover the claimant and authority to act, a comparison of available routes and an evidence gap list. The result is a clear position on the next steps, not a promise about another body's future decision.

Preparation may include an event chronology, an asset register, a breakdown of the amount claimed, an evidence index and a draft application. Where specialist calculations are needed, the tasks of a valuer, accountant or other professional are identified separately. Legal analysis does not replace those professionals' conclusions.

Filing through a representative, responding to requests, litigation and enforcement are agreed within the relevant engagement. The scope of representation and the signing method must fit the chosen route. An initial enquiry does not require you to disclose a password or a personal electronic signing key.

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The Register collects claims and evidence and checks the conditions for recording them. Determination on the merits, assessment of an amount and actual funding belong to other parts of the compensation mechanism. A notice that a claim has been recorded is therefore not an order for recovery of money.

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National programmes and insurance contracts have their own conditions. Joining an ECA programme and seeking payment under it are separate stages. The cost of buying insurance protection is also different from compensation for damaged property.

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• The company name or sole-trader status and a contact for a response.
• A brief account of the event, the relevant period and the business activity.
• A list of assets and an explanation of who owns them.
• A short index of available documents, rather than the entire archive.
• Information about related applications, insurance and payments already received.

This outline helps identify the subject of the discussion. Full documents, employee information and other sensitive material should be exchanged after the necessary scope and channel have been agreed. This page does not provide a case-file upload facility.

SOLODKO SHKURIDIN applies the agreed payment model described on the Fees page. The particular scope of assistance and the fee are determined before work begins. Contact through the website does not automatically create an engagement.

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Use the association's contact details and identify the subject as “Business war losses”. For independent preparation, start with the explanation of categories or the evidence worksheet. Personal losses unrelated to business activity are separate from this commercial practice.