Pressing Issues
The most pressing situations that are hard to navigate alone: what the law says, the steps to take, the documents to prepare and where to turn. The AI assistant helps work through your specific situation — in plain language, with citations to the sources.
"Pressing Issues" is the collection of things weighing on us right now. We are waiting impatiently for the war to end, and we'll be genuinely glad when this section fills up with topics like the quality of road markings.
Wartime
- Unauthorized absence (СЗЧ): liability and the legal return to serviceWhat СЗЧ (unauthorized absence) is and how it differs from desertion, the liability under arts. 407 and 408 of the Criminal Code, how the law lets a first-time offender return to service without a conviction (art. 401(5)), and what to do if proceedings have already started.
- Military medical board (ВЛК): fitness categories and how to appealWhat conclusions the military medical board (ВЛК) issues in 2026 (after the "limited fitness" category was abolished), how long a decision stays valid, and how to appeal it — to a higher board and through the administrative court.
- Deferment from mobilization: grounds and how to applyWho is entitled to a deferment from conscription during mobilization under art. 23 of the Law, how to apply online via Reserv+ or at an administrative-service centre, and how a deferment differs from reservation (bronn).
- Volunteering: the legal basis and accepting donationsWhat governs volunteering in Ukraine, how to accept donations lawfully (the ДПС volunteers register and the tax exemption under art. 165.1.54 of the Tax Code), and the risks of collecting money on a personal card.
Housing & state programmes
- eOselia: the state mortgage at 3% or 7%Who is eligible for the eOselia state mortgage (3% and 7% rates), the 2026 conditions — age, down payment, floor area, term — and how to apply via Diia.
- eRecovery: compensation for damaged or destroyed housingHow to get compensation for damaged housing (repair funds) or a housing certificate for destroyed housing: where to apply, how the commission works, the deadlines and the law.
Internally displaced persons
Family & children
Business & taxes
Inheritance
Ukrainians abroad
- Selling property in Ukraine from abroad: power of attorney, taxes, moneyHow to issue a power of attorney through a consulate or a foreign notary (apostille and translation), why a non-resident does not always pay 18%, and why the sale proceeds cannot be wired to a foreign account.
- Inheritance from abroad: how to accept it without missing the 6-month deadlineWhy the application to accept an inheritance cannot be filed by proxy, how to certify your signature at a consulate or before a foreign notary, when an heir pays 23% instead of 0%, and what to do if the deadline has already passed.
- Tax residency and a Ukrainian ФОП abroad: the 183-day myth and CRSWhy 183 days abroad do not automatically make you a non-resident of Ukraine, how the tax service applies the hierarchy of tests in art. 14.1.213 of the Tax Code, what an unclosed ФОП does to your status, and what the tax authority already sees through the CRS exchange.
- Military registration from abroad: the e-document, consular services and the “wanted” statusWhy men aged 18–60 abroad are refused consular services without a valid e-registration document from Reserv+, how to update your registration data without travelling to Ukraine, and what to do about a “wanted” status — admit the offence or challenge it.
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