CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 19 février 2026

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It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Chamber of the Court in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v.   Russia ([GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, §§ 327-66, 9 July 2025). The Grand Chamber’s finding will then be applied in these individual cases. In some applications, other complaints were raised. Their examination has been adjourned, or they have been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24   §   2 of the Convention. In the enclosed table, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47   §   4). For further information on the procedure following communication of an application brought against Russia, subject of well-established case law of the Court, please refer to the Court’s Internet Site . SUBJECT MATTER The applications concern complaints raised under Article 1 of Protocol   No.   1 and Article 13 of the Convention relating to damage, destruction and/or continuous lack of access to property arising from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia ([GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, §§ 768-72 and 1622, 9 July 2025).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article   13 of the Convention (damage, destruction and/or continuous lack of access to property arising from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Property allegedly damaged (description and location) Dates / Period when damage occurred and when the applicant learned about it Evidence provided (photos, property certificate, etc.) Level of damage Other complaints under well-established case-law     35048/24 01/08/2022 Oleksandr Vasylyovych LYMAR 1954       Apartment no. 12 (45.8 sq. m) at 12 Shkilna (previously Vosmoho Bereznia) St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed on 19/06/2022 by artillery shelling. On 24/06/2022 Ms Olha Lymar, the co-owner of the apartment, lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title documents (the applicant owns 1/3 share in the apartment - exchange agreement dated 12/07/2017; three extracts from the real estate register dated 12/07/2017); photos of the destroyed apartment (completely destroyed roof; destroyed ceilings and interior walls; few walls left); police report dated 25/07/2022; envelope with the address in Lviv, Lviv region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in his passport and statements, which he was forced to abandon and relocate to Lviv region (envelope with the address in Lviv, Lviv region).     35061/24 15/09/2022 Maryna Oleksandrivna PYEVNYEVA 1979       Apartment no. 63 (49.8 sq. m) at 21 Budivelnykiv Rd., Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 03/06/2022 and completely destroyed between 01/07/2022 and 10/07/2022. On 07/06/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title documents (the applicant owns 1/12 share in the apartment - inheritance certificate dated 06/06/2018; extract from the real estate register dated 06/06/2018); photos of the destroyed apartment (completely burnt down roof and external facade of the residential building; everything covered in rubble; destroyed interior walls and ceilings); videos of the destroyed apartment on the USB key; complaint to the Ukrainian police and interrogation report dated 07/06/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation dated 17/08/2022; envelope with the address in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in her passport and statements, which she was forced to abandon and relocate first to Lviv and later to Uzhhorod (envelope with the address in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region).     35177/24 24/08/2022 Mykola Viktorovych NAUMOV 1981       Apartment no. 75 (29.9 sq. m) at 13B Budivelnykiv Rd., Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed as a result of artillery shelling in April 2022. On 20/07/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport; residence registration certificate for the apartment dated 23/02/2022; title document (extract from the real estate register dated 30/10/2013); photos of the apartment after the destruction (completely destroyed and reduced to rubble; few walls left; no windows left; explosion holes in the exterior walls; destroyed balcony; destroyed furniture; rooms and yard covered in rubble); extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 25/07/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on 20/07/2022; envelope with the address in Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicant’s home, as confirmed by the residence registration certificate and his statements, which he was forced to abandon on 30/04/2022, and relocate to Chernivtsi region (envelope with the address in Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi region).     35313/24 25/08/2022 Iryna Ivanivna SOKOLENKO 1958   *** Volodymyr Ivanovych SOKOLENKO 1958 (this applicant is not the owner of the property in question)     Apartment no. 23 (47.1 sq. m) at 15 Kosmonavtiv Ave., Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region. Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling in May 2022. The applicants’ passports with residence stamps for the apartment; title documents (the apartment was owned by Ms Iryna Sokolenko - deed of gift and extract from the real estate register, both dated 22/09/2015); photos of the apartment prior to its destruction; photos and videos of the destroyed property (completely burnt down and destroyed); envelope with the address in Kyiv, Kyiv region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicants’ home as confirmed by the residence stamps in their passports and statements, which they were forced to abandon and relocate to Kyiv, Kyiv region (envelope with the address in Kyiv, Kyiv region).     35332/24 20/07/2022 Oksana Ivanivna KUNCHENKO 1974       Apartment no. 50 (45.4 sq. m) at 21 Mykoly Leontovycha (previously Maiakovskoho) St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 22/03/2022. On 08/07/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title documents (technical passport dated 13/05/2010; purchase agreement dated 09/07/2012); photos of the destroyed apartment (destroyed roof, interior walls and window frames; everything covered in rubble); screenshots of the online applications about property damage submitted via the DIIA website on 30/03/2022 and 03/07/2022; victim’s memo issued by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine on 08/07/2022; envelope with the address in Odesa, Odesa region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in her passport and statements, which she was forced to abandon and relocate to Odesa, Odesa region (envelope with the address in Odesa, Odesa region).     35527/24 27/07/2022 Anzhela Mykhaylivna TURKEVYCH 1993       Apartment no. 57 (48.7 sq. m) at 95 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho (previously Haharina) St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed by fire as a result of artillery shelling on 04/06/2022. On 20/06/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title documents (purchase agreement and extract from the real estate register, both dated 14/02/2022); photos of the apartment prior to its destruction, depicting scenes of the applicant’s everyday life and personal belongings; photos of the apartment after the destruction (completely burnt down and reduced to rubble residential building; few walls left; no windows left; destroyed roof; rooms and yard covered in rubble); notification from the Ukrainian police of 21/06/2022, confirming that she had been recognised as a victim in a criminal investigation opened on 20/06/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 21/06/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on 20/06/2022; envelope with the address in Dnipropetrovsk region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in her passport and statements, which she was forced to abandon on 08/03/2022, and relocate to Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk region (envelope with the address in Dnipropetrovsk region).     35568/24 29/08/2022 Mykola Grygorovych KORNIYENKO 1957   Danylo Mykolayovych KORNIYENKO 2002   Lyudmyla Mykhaylivna LAGUTINA 1962   Yelyzaveta Igorivna Lysachenko Kyiv Apartment no. 6 (41.5 sq. m) at 23 Avtomobilna St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 21/06/2022. On 25/07/2022 Mr Mykola Korniyenko lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicants’ passports with residence registration stamps for the apartment; residence registration certificate for the apartment issued in respect of Mr Danylo Korniyenko on 23/11/2021; title documents (the applicants own 1/5 share in the apartment each - ownership certificate and technical passport dated 17/11/2008; extract from the real estate register dated 26/02/2009); photos of the destroyed apartment (completely burnt multi-storey residential building; destroyed interior walls); expert evaluation report dated 24/06/2022; notification from the Ukrainian police, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on 25/07/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 27/07/2022, confirming the registration of the applicants’ complaint lodged on 25/07/2022; screenshot of the online application about property damage submitted via the DIIA website on 04/08/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation dated 16/08/2022; witness statements dated 04/08/2022; IDP certificates dated 31/03/2022 and 16/06/2022. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicants’ home, as confirmed by the residence stamps in their passports and residence registration certificate, as well as witness statements, which they were forced to abandon after 13/03/2022, and relocate to Lviv region (IDP certificates issued in respect of Mr Mykola Korniyenko and Ms Lyudmyla Lagutina on 31/03/2022) and Ivano-Frankivsk region (IDP certificate issued in respect of Mr Danylo Korniyenko on 16/06/2022).     35581/24 30/06/2022 Olena Vasylivna GAVRYLOVA 1974       Apartment no. 16 (119.3 q. m) at 71B Hvardiiskyi Ave., Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 18/03/2022. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment in Luhansk region; title documents (the applicant owns ½ share in the apartment as it was acquired during the marriage - purchase agreement and extract from the real estate register, both dated 27/09/2021); photos of the apartment prior to its damage, showing its interior and personal belongings; photo of the damaged residential building (broken windows); envelope with the address in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region. damage, loss of access to property Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the applicant complained that she had been forced to flee her home in Smolianynove village, Siverskodonetsk district, Luhansk region and relocate to Dnipropetrovsk region (envelope with the address in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region).     35947/24 30/06/2022 Oleksiy Leonidovych LUKIYENKO 1984       Apartment no. 89 (60.5 sq. m) at 8 Oleha Vatazhka (previously Kuibysheva) St, Novotoshkivske village, Siverskodonetsk district, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 20/03/2022. On 27/06/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport; title document (the applicant owns 1/4 share in the apartment - ownership certificate dated 23/12/1993); photos of the damaged apartment (explosion hole in the ceiling; damaged walls, furniture and doors; belongings turned upside down; broken windows; shattered glass on the floor; damaged balcony); online complaint to the Ukrainian police dated 27/06/2022. damage, loss of access to property     35985/24 19/07/2022 Valeriy Oleksiyovych KOLODOCHKA 1977       Apartment no. 8 (60.8 sq. m) at 26 Fedorenka St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by shelling from MLRS on 27/02/2022. The applicant lost access to his property on 25/06/2022. The applicant’s passport; title document (purchase agreement dated 27/01/2016); photos of the damaged property (broken windows); envelope with the address in Cherkasy region. loss of access to property Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the applicant complained that he had been forced to flee his home in Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region, and relocate to Cherkasy (envelope with the address in Cherkasy region).   36108/24 04/07/2022 Dmytro Grygorovych ROZKIN 1983       Apartment no. 47 at 7A Kosmonavtiv Ave., Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 10/03/2022. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title document (extract from the State register of legal acts dated 07/08/2010, confirming the purchase of the apartment by the applicant); photo of the damaged residential building (damaged balconies; broken windows); envelope with the address in Dnipropetrovsk region. damage, loss of access to property Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in his passport and statements, which he was forced to abandon, and relocate to Dnipropetrovsk region (envelope with the address in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region).   36797/24 04/07/2022 Maksym Yuriyovych OLYEYNIKOV 1979       Apartment no. 81 (58.9 sq. m) at 5 Mykoly Leontovycha (previously Maiakovskoho) St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged as a result of rocket fire from MLRS “Hrad” on 24/04/2022. The applicant lost access to the apartment on 25/06/2022. The applicant’s passport with a residence registration stamp for the apartment; title documents (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the apartment - purchase agreement dated 26/04/2012; extract from the real estate register dated 11/05/2012). damage, loss of access to property Art. 2 (1) - serious risk to life and limb - the applicant complained that his residential building had been shelled on 24/04/2022 by multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) “Hrad” fire, as corroborated by satellite imagery available on the Google Earth platform, thereby exposing him to a real and immediate risk to life (see Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 2825/20 and 11055/22, § 760, 9 July 2025).   36799/24 17/07/2022 Olena Oleksandrivna SEKRETARENKO 1990       Private house (49 sq. m) and outbuildings (summer kitchen, barn, cellar, toilet) at 85 Borova St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed by fire as a result of artillery shelling on 11/04/2022. The applicant’s passport; residence registration certificate dated 20/10/2021; title documents (inheritance certificate and extract from the real estate register, both dated 06/10/2021); photo of the destroyed house (completely burnt down external facade and interior of the house; destroyed roof); envelope with the address in Cherkasy, Cherkasy region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence registration certificate and her statements, which she was forced to abandon and relocate to Cherkasy region (envelope with the address in Cherkasy, Cherkasy region).   36805/24 22/07/2022 Larysa Mykolayivna SHAKHOVA 1970       Apartment no. 68 (63 sq. m) at 5 Kniazia Volodymyra (previously Kurchatova) St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 08/03/2022. The applicant lost access to the apartment as of 25/06/2022. The applicant’s passport with a residence registration stamp for a dwelling in Kudriashivka, Siverskodonetsk district, Luhansk region; title document (purchase agreement dated 12/02/1998); envelope with the address in Stepivka village, Kremenchuk district, Poltava region. loss of access to property Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the applicant complained that she had been forced to flee her home in Kudriashivka, Siverskodonetsk district, Luhansk region, and relocate to Poltava region (envelope with an address in Stepivka village, Kremenchuk district, Poltava region).   37067/24 20/07/2022 Olena Viktorivna GOLODENKO 1959       (1) Apartment no. 8 (58.3 sq. m) at 26 Yunosti St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region (destruction);   (2) Private house (58.2 sq. m) at 82 Tsentralna St, Shulhynka, Starobilsk district, Luhansk region (loss of access) Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling between 24/05/2022 and 11/06/2022. The applicant learnt about the destruction on 11/06/2022 from her neighbours. On 23/06/2022 she lodged a complaint with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the private house; title documents (regarding the apartment: purchase agreement dated 17/12/2020; extract from the register of real estate dated 18/12/2020; regarding the private house: inheritance certificate dated 03/12/2020); photos of the apartment prior to its destruction, showing the elements of family life, interior and personal belongings; photos of the destroyed apartment (completely burnt to the ground and covered in rubble with parts of exterior walls missing); complaint to the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine dated 23/06/2022; screenshot of the online application about property damage submitted via the DIIA website on 23/06/2022; victim interrogation report issued by the Security Service of Ukraine dated 23/06/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 29/06/2022; IDP certificate dated 04/04/2022. complete destruction, loss of access to property Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the private house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence registration stamp in her passport, photos of the property prior to its destruction depicting elements of the interior and personal belongings and her statements, which she was forced to abandon after 24/02/2022, and relocate to Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region (IDP certificate dated 04/04/2022).   37623/24 08/09/2022 Lyudmyla Viktorivna KHVOROSTYAN 1976       Shop (114.8 sq. m) at 32/2 Yehorova St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 20/05/2022. The applicant’s passport; title document (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the shop building - ownership certificate and extract from the real estate register, both dated 29/11/2013); photos of the damaged property (broken windows; debris on the floor); application form for filing a complaint with the Ukrainian police dated 07/09/2022. damage, loss of access to property     1456/25 01/07/2022 Iryna Viktorivna URAZOVSKA 1968       Private house (79.5 sq. m) at 70 Enerhetykiv St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 15/04/2022. The applicant’s passport; title documents (ownership certificate dated 08/12/2005, extract from the real estate register dated 12/12/2005); photos of the damaged property (destroyed fence, rubble in the yard). damage, loss of access to property     2940/25 23/08/2022 Vladyslav Yevgenovych PRYKHODKO 1998       Apartment no. 16 (48 sq. m) at 43 Enerhetykiv St, Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 07/06/2022. On 27/07/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police. The applicant’s passport; residence registration certificate for the apartment dated 04/01/2022; title documents (deed of gift and extract from the real estate register, both dated 07/05/2018); photos of the destroyed residential building (completely burnt down; few walls left standing); witness statements dated 10/08/2022 and 19/08/2022; police report dated 29/07/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on the same date; envelope with the address in Kyiv region. complete destruction Art. 8 (1) - flight from one’s home as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence registration certificate and his statements, which he was forced to abandon and relocate to Kyiv region (envelope with the address in Kyiv, Kyiv region).