How to get UBD?

The algorithm for obtaining the status of a participant in hostilities is defined by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 20, 2014 No. 413 (with amendments) "On approval of the Procedure for granting and withdrawing the status of a participant in hostilities to persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took direct part in anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its implementation or in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repelling and deterring the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, ensuring their implementation".

The basis for granting the status of combatant to persons is the following documents about direct involvement in the fulfillment of the tasks of an anti-terrorist operation or the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the areas where it is carried out:

1. for persons who participated in an anti-terrorist operation, - extracts from the orders of the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the SBU or the person who replaces him, the first deputy or deputy head of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the SBU on involvement in the anti-terrorist operation, extracts from the orders of the head of the operational headquarters for the management of the anti-terrorist operation or his deputies or heads of sectors (commanders of operational-tactical groups) on subordination to the head of the operational headquarters for the management of the anti-terrorist operation in the areas of its implementation and on arrival (departure) to (from) the areas of the anti-terrorist operation, documents on sending on business trips to the areas of the anti-terrorist operation or other official documents issued by state authorities containing sufficient evidence of the person's direct participation in the execution of the tasks of the anti-terrorist operation in the areas of its implementation;

2. for persons who were involved in the anti-terrorist operation for a period of less than 30 calendar days, - documents specified in the second paragraph of this item, extracts from combat orders, combat orders, combat reports (logs of combat operations, operational tasks), which confirm the fact of direct collision and fire contact with the enemy, conducting reconnaissance activities;

3. for persons who received injuries, contusions, mutilations (except for cases of careless handling of weapons and evasion of military service by self-mutilation or by simulating an illness), - documents specified in the second paragraph of this clause, materials of special (official) fact-based investigations receiving injuries, contusions, mutilations;

4. for persons who participated in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, - extracts from the orders of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on involvement in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repulse and deterrence of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, extracts from the orders of the Commander of the United Forces, commanders of operational-tactical groups on the arrival (departure) to (from) the regions of the implementation of these measures, documents on sending on business trips to the regions implementation of these measures.

To grant the status of a participant in hostilities the commanders (chiefs) of military units (bodies, units) within a month after the persons have completed the tasks of the anti-terrorist operation in the areas where it was carried out (after issuing the corresponding order of the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the SBU or a person who is his substitutes, the first deputy or the deputy head of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the SBU) are required to submit to the commission for consideration certificates in the established form and documents from the above, which are the basis for granting the status of a participant in hostilities.

To persons who participated in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, commanders (chiefs) of military units (bodies, units) or other heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations after the end of 30 of calendar days of implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are obliged to be submitted for consideration by the commission formed by the ministry, the central body of the executive power or another state body under whose command the military units were ( bodies, subdivisions), institutions and establishments in which persons served or worked, certificates in the established form and documents which are the basis for granting persons the status of a participant in hostilities.