Another 10 lawyers received assistance from the UNBA Board of Trustees

The UNBA Board of Trustees supported the families of 10 more advocates who found themselves in difficult life circumstances due to the hostilities in Ukraine.

The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on November 30, 2023.

First of all, the UNBA Board of Trustees considered the appeals from the advocates and their family members who lost their relatives in the war. It was decided to provide financial support to the families of three victims: the wife of a lawyer from Kherson and two lawyers from Rivne, whose husbands were killed while performing their missions.

Three more lawyers - from Rivne, Mykolaiv and Volyn regions - who were wounded in the combat zone and are undergoing treatment in medical institutions will receive funds for their treatment.

The UNBA Board of Trustees also provided financial assistance to two attorneys from Bakhmut and Kharkiv. Their homes and property were completely destroyed as a result of shelling.

In addition, the funds were allocated to an advocate from Kyiv, whose mother needs expensive treatment, and to an advocate from Donetsk region, who has a disability of group II and has poor mobility.

In total, since the UNBA Board of Trustees was established, more than 550 applications from advocates have been considered. The fourth Report on International Charitable Assistance to Ukrainian Advocates, which covers the period from the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation to August 15 this year, was published on the UNBA's official website.

As a reminder, the Board of Trustees decides on the provision of assistance based on certain criteria, distributing assistance in the order of the first, second and third priority.

First of all, charitable assistance is provided to:

• Advocates and (or) their family members who died as a result of military operations on the territory of Ukraine since 02/24/2022
• Advocates and (or) their family members who have been seriously injured as a result of military operations on the territory of Ukraine since 02/24/2022
• Advocates and (or) their family members who have completely lost their housing as a result of military operations on the territory of Ukraine since February 24, 2022, which served as a place of permanent residence, if it is impossible to continue living there due to a significant degree of destruction and the lack of other habitable housing.
• Single advocates over 70 years of age who are unable to evacuate or have been evacuated but have no means of subsistence

Secondly, charitable assistance is provided to:

• Advocates and (or) their family members whose housing has been partially destroyed as a result of hostilities in the territory of Ukraine since February 24, 2022, and needs to be restored with the possibility of further residence.
• Advocates and (or) their family members who have received moderate bodily injuries as a result of military operations on the territory of Ukraine since 02/24/2022
• Advocates who are single parents and have no means of subsistence as a result of the outbreak of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine from 02/24/2022 and have no income

Thirdly, charitable assistance is provided:

• Advocates and children of advocates who need to take vital medicines on a regular basis and do not have the means to purchase such medicines.

In order to receive charitable assistance, advocates who have suffered as a result of military operations on the territory of Ukraine may submit an application in any form to the e-mail address opekun@unba.org.ua. It is recommended that the application be accompanied by documents and information confirming the facts set forth in the application.