Lubinets calls out bureaucracy for blocking aid to war crime survivors
Ukraine passed a crucial law to support survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. There’s just one tiny issue: officials forgot to write the actual rules on how to distribute the money.
Classic government move: pass a grand, historic law, pop the champagne, and then completely forget to make it actually work.
The law meant to protect and support survivors of wartime sexual violence technically went into effect back in June 2025. Yet, as Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets pointed out, survivors still haven't received a single penny of state aid.
Why? Because the ministries haven't adopted the necessary bylaws. It is the ultimate bureaucratic loop: the right to help exists on paper, but the actual step-by-step instructions for officials to execute it are missing in action.
We can fast-track complex military tech, but writing a few paragraphs of administrative instructions is apparently a boss-level task.
Paperwork remains the most undefeated enemy in the history of administration.
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