Free Land Transfers for Combat Veterans Restricted: What Has Changed.

Land Rights for Combat Veterans

According to Novyny.live: In Ukraine, individuals who have taken part in combat operations are entitled to receive state- and municipally-owned land at no cost. However, this opportunity has been curtailed during the period of martial law. Under paragraph 13 of Article 14 of the Law 'On the Status of War Veterans,' combat participants are granted priority access to land plots.

Limits on Land Plot Sizes

There are specific caps on the size of plots that can be allocated:

• 0.12 hectares for gardening
• 2 hectares for personal farming
• 0.25 hectares for residential construction in villages
• 0.15 hectares for residential construction in settlements
• 0.10 hectares for construction in cities
• 0.10 hectares for dacha (summer house) construction

Yet, under subparagraph 5 of paragraph 27 of Section X of the Land Code, free land transfers are prohibited while martial law is in effect.

This ban does not apply to owners of real estate situated on land that may be transferred, former owners of destroyed property, or Ukrainians who acquired land before January 1, 2002. The average price per hectare of land in Ukraine stands at 75,100 hryvnias. In the first four months of the year, Ukrainians entered into nearly 40,000 transactions totaling 6.17 billion hryvnias.

The land allocation norms for combat veterans remain significant, but the changes introduced during martial law demand that citizens stay vigilant and informed. What else Ukrainians should know about these matters is a key concern for anyone planning to exercise their land rights.

The prohibition on free land transfers during martial law is a critical mechanism aimed at regulating land relations under crisis conditions.

This restriction may affect the ability of combat veterans to obtain land, but certain exceptions allow some categories of citizens to still realize their entitlements. This highlights the need for everyone with an interest in land issues to understand and respond promptly to legislative changes. Therefore, it is essential to monitor further legal developments that could impact land relations and veterans' rights.