Executive Director of the Register of Damage Caused by the Russian Federation's Aggression against Ukraine Markiyan Kliuchkovsky expects that from 6 to 8 million applications can be submitted to the Register.

"We expect, of course, this is largely an assumption, but our calculations say that there could likely be between 6 and 8 million claims submitted to the Register. If this happens, the Register of Damage will be the largest systemic program for processing reparation claims in history of international law," he said during a workshop for the media on the international law of armed conflicts and holding Russia accountable for international crimes on Saturday, June 8.

According to the official, the Register will only accept evidence in digital format, as this is a practical necessity in order to "not be drowned in paper."

"We have reached an agreement that applications will be submitted through the Diia system and through the web portal," he said, recalling that more than 20 million people use the Diia system.

Kliuchkovsky said that the Register of Damage will be able to use various databases and registers through Diia.

He recalled that on April 2, the acceptance of applications for the category of destruction of residential real estate began.

"Over the summer, we are adding twelve new categories at once, which we are currently working on. Among these categories [...] about loss of life, about missing persons. A large category is internally displaced persons. We are also adding a number of categories related to residential and non-residential property, real estate. And a very important category in the current circumstances is the category of destruction of critical infrastructure," the executive director of the Register said.

The official also said that another large group of categories will be opened in the fall of 2024, and by the spring of next year it is planned to open all categories that are associated with all war crimes.

Also, Kliuchkovsky said that in the coming months functionality will be introduced that will allow people to submit applications through the Administrative Services Center as an alternative to Diia.

"Our goal is to create a system that will cover virtually all losses caused by the Russian war in Ukraine... As a result, the Register should be a database of admissible applications that can be considered by the compensation commission – the second stage of the compensation mechanism," he said.