On March 27, 2026, regional meetings will be held to elect a candidate to the Council of Veterans of the War of Independence of Ukraine, in accordance with the Regulations on the Council of Veterans of the War of Independence of Ukraine, approved by order of the Ministry of Veterans of Ukraine dated January 29, 2026 No. 90 (access via the link: https://cma.gov.ua/gromadskosti/category/299-rada-veteraniv-viyni-za-ne… ).

A candidate for the Council may be a member of a public association of war veterans that is/was registered before February 24, 2022 in the territory of the Luhansk region, or has the status of an all-Ukrainian public association if there is a separate unit in the Luhansk region, or a delegated representative of such a public association from among the participants in hostilities or persons with disabilities as a result of the war, who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took a direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its conduct or in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, ensuring their implementation, in measures necessary to ensure the defense of Ukraine, protect the security of the population and the interests of the state in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, whose place of residence (stay) corresponds to the region from which the candidate for the Council is submitted. A public association of war veterans may delegate a candidate to the Council of only one member (delegated representative).

To register for participation in the regional meeting:

1. Candidates, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Section II of the Regulations, submit:

• a statement addressed to the Head of the Department for Veteran Policy, O.A. Granovskaia, drawn up in any form, indicating contact information (postal address, telephone number, e-mail address);
• decision of a public association of war veterans to delegate its member (delegated representative) to participate in a regional meeting for the purpose of election to the Council;
• a biographical note indicating the surname, first name, patronymic (if any), date and place of birth, citizenship, place of work, information about education, availability of a scientific degree, work and public activities;
• a copy of the veteran's electronic certificate or veteran's certificate or an extract from the Unified State Register of War Veterans, confirming the status of a participant in hostilities or a person with a disability as a result of the war;
• an extract from the register of the territorial community confirming information about the place of residence (stay) of the candidate for the Council;
• a letter of support for the candidate signed by at least 30 combatants or persons with disabilities as a result of the war who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its implementation or in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, ensuring their implementation, in measures necessary to ensure the defense of Ukraine, protect the security of the population and the interests of the state in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, with the mandatory submission of copies of documents confirming the relevant status, compliance of the place of residence (stay) with the region of holding the regional assembly and written consent to the collection and processing of personal data in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of Personal Data", signed by the candidate;
• full extract from the information and analytical system "Recording of information on bringing a person to criminal liability and the presence of a criminal record";
• motivation letter of the candidate for the Council;
• consent to the collection and processing of personal data in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Personal Data Protection", signed by you.

2. participants – documents defined in clause 7 of section II of the Regulations.

Acceptance of documents from candidates and participants in regional meetings is carried out by the Department for Veteran Policy of the Regional State Administration from March 5 to 18, 2026 to the email address: uva@loga.gov.ua .

Responsible person: Serhiy Tkachenko, contact phone number: +380955236809.