Published on 20 October 2025
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 18609/24
Lyudmyla Eduardivna OVSYANNIKOVA against Russia
and 20 other applications
(see table appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 October 2025, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia. It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Chamber of the Court in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia ([GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, §§ 327-66, 9 July 2025). The Grand Chamber’s finding will then be applied in these individual cases.
In some applications, other complaints were raised. Their examination has been adjourned, or they have been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24 § 2 of the Convention.
In the enclosed table, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4).
For further information on the procedure following communication of an application brought against Russia, subject of well-established case law of the Court, please refer to the Court’s website.
SUBJECT MATTER
The applications concern complaints raised under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article 13 of the Convention relating to damage, destruction and/or continuous lack of access to property arising from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia ([GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, §§ 768-72 and 1622, 9 July 2025).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(damage, destruction and/or continuous lack of access to property arising from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Property allegedly damaged (description and location)
Dates / Period when damage occurred and when the applicant learned about it
Evidence provided (photos, property certificate, etc.)
Level of damage
Other complaints under well-established case-law
18609/24
21/06/2022
Lyudmyla Eduardivna OVSYANNIKOVA
1963
Apartment no. 6 (38.7 sq. m) at 35 building no. 1 Zavodska St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 16/04/2022.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title documents (purchase agreement dated 02/07/2004 and extract from the real estate register dated 03/08/2004); photos of the heavily damaged apartment building (no windows left, destroyed roof, section of the building entirely destroyed, debris in the yard) and apartment (severely damaged kitchen); inspection report issued by the local council on 20/04/2022 (building no. 1 unfit for habitation); extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 16/04/2022.
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by her passport registration stamp and statements.
22341/24
05/07/2022
Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna SNISAREVSKA
1953
Private house (39.37 sq. m) at 10 Kosmonavtiv St, Myrne village, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 31/05/2022.
The applicant’s passport; extract from the demographic register dated 06/02/2018, confirming the applicant’s residence in the house in question; title documents (extract from the real estate register dated 03/08/2013); photos of the house after the destruction (only few walls left standing, signs of fire, everything covered in rubble).
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the extract from the demographic register dated 06/02/2018, confirming the applicant’s residence there and her statements.
22865/24
11/08/2022
Oleksandra Dmytrivna TATARINOVA
1968
Apartment no. 79 (64.6 sq. m) at 49/1 Karpenko St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by a rocket strike on 29/06/2022. On 03/07/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment and a marriage stamp dated 24/03/1989; title documents (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the apartment: real estate exchange agreement dated 18/01/1999, registration certificate dated 29/01/1999, court decision dated 22/12/2003, technical passport without a date); photos of the apartment building after the destruction (destroyed roof and upper floors of the building, broken windows, damaged walls, everything covered in rubble); witness statements of the neighbours (in a form of the destruction report) dated 05/07/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 29/06/2022; police report dated 05/07/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on 03/07/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigate Committee of the Russian Federation without a date.
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the apartment in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by her passport registration stamp and statements.
27008/24
02/07/2022
Oleksandr Vasylyovych KUBINETS
1994
Private house (104.3 sq. m) at 20/1 Kostya Gordiyenka (previously - Belly Kuna) St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 07/03/2022. On 27/06/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the house dated 17/11/1994; title documents (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the house - inheritance certificate and extract from the real estate register, both dated 15/11/2021); photos of the house after the damage (destroyed roof, damaged ceiling and furniture, rubble outside); police report dated 30/06/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on 27/06/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation without a date.
damage
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in his passport dated 17/11/1994 and his statements.
28459/24
08/07/2022
Svitlana Grygorivna KHAVRONICH
1982
Private house (80.2 sq. m) at 20 Novostroina St, Kotliareve village, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 21/06/2022.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the house dated 11/06/1999; title document (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the house – purchase agreement dated 05/07/2021); photos of the house after the damage (destroyed roof, damaged walls, ceiling and furniture).
damage
30137/24
06/09/2022
Natalya Sergiyivna MALYNOVSKA
1977
Apartment no. 147 (43.7 sq. m) at 17 Myru Av., Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 04/05/2022.
On 21/08/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police.
The applicant’s passport; certificate confirming the change of the applicant’s last name dated 05/03/2013; title documents (purchase agreement and extract from the real estate register, both dated 24/11/2006, issued in the applicant’s maiden name – Savotina); photos of the damaged residential building (damaged windows; damaged air conditioner, damaged balcony); extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 05/05/2022; screenshot of the complaint to the Ukrainian police dated 21/08/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation without a date.
damage
30187/24
26/07/2022
Galyna Pavlivna GLYBINA
1955
(1) Apartment no. 1 (42.8 sq. m) at 9 Luchivska St, Luch village, Mykolaiv region;
(2) Apartment no. 3 (75.9 sq. m) at 5 Luchivska St, Luch village, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by artillery shelling on 10/06/2022.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment no. 3 at 5 Luchivska St dated 13/01/2014; title documents (apartment no. 1 at 9 Luchivska St: inheritance certificate dated 14/03/2011, extract from the real estate register dated 28/03/2011; apartment no. 3 at 5 Luchivska St - ownership certificate dated 07/07/2014, technical passport dated 22/05/2014 (the applicant owns 1/2 share in the apartment)); photos after the destruction (roof in the two apartment buildings destroyed, only few walls left standing, rubble outside).
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - interference with the right to home – apartment no. 3 at 5 Luchivska St in Luch village, Mykolaiv region, was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence stamp in her passport dated 13/01/2014 and her statements.
31422/24
12/09/2022
Ganna Viktorivna KONSTANTYNOVA
1978
Vehicle Jeep Compass Limited, registration number BE3727EI (2018 year of release).
Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 01/06/2022 near the house at 36 Okeakivska St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
The applicant’s passport; title document (vehicle registration certificate dated 06/10/2020); photos of the damaged vehicle (broken windows, damaged car body, punctured tyres); extract from the register of criminal investigations dated 01/06/2022, confirming the date on which the vehicle was damaged; assessment report on vehicle damage costs dated 18/07/2022.
damage
31905/24
21/07/2022
Volodymyr Vasilyovych BARANETSKYY
1962
Private house no. 69 (187,6 sq. m) at Mykhaila Artemenka (previously Nakhimova) Ln., Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly damaged on 28/03/2022.
On 18/07/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The title documents (ownership certificate for the house dated 07/11/2012; ownership certificate for a land plot dated 07/09/2003); screenshots of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation dated 18/07/2022; photos of the damaged house (broken windows, damaged roof, damaged outbuildings).
damage
31998/24
16/09/2022
Marina Volodymyrivna YEROFYEYEVA
1986
Apartment no. 2 (43.2 sq. m) at 12/2 Ievheniia Lohinova (previously Krylova) St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly damaged on 17/06/2022.
The applicant’s passport; title document (extract from the real estate register dated 28/12/2021); photos and a video of the damaged apartment (damaged balcony, broken windows, damaged walls and entrance door) and the apartment building; inspection report issued by the local council on 17/06/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 17/06/2022.
damage
33476/24
09/08/2022
Ganna Anatoliyivna LUGINETS
1953
Private house (47.5 sq. m) with outbuildings (garage, summer kitchen) at 13 Yanovskoho St, Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged as a result of the blast wave from a missile strike on 07/06/2022.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the private house; title document (deed of gift dated 18/04/2002); photos of the damaged property (damaged roof and windows of the house, damaged ceiling, damaged ceiling beam of the non-residential premises); witness statement of a neighbour without a date.
damage
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the private house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence registration stamp in her passport, photos of the house depicting her personal belongings in it, her statements and witness statement.
33494/24
10/01/2023
Volodymyr Mykhaylovych SHYBKO
1953
Three residential buildings (613.60 sq. m in total) at 16 Kovalivska St, Pokrovka village, Ochakiv district, Mykolaiv region
The applicant lost access to his property in the beginning of March 2022 due to hostilities and the subsequent occupation.
Title documents (ownership certificate dated 19/10/2010; extract confirming the state registration of rights dated 19/10/2010, two ownership certificates in respect of a land plot dated 18/10/2011).
loss of access to property
33816/24
14/09/2022
Tymofiy Oleksandrovych PATSAY
1980
Natalya Volodymyrivna PATSAY
1983
Apartment no. 86 (61.4 sq. m) at 49/1 Karpenka St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by a rocket strike on 29/06/2022.
The applicants’ passports; marriage certificate dated 02/08/2008; title documents (purchase agreement and extract from the real estate register, both dated 26/11/2016; technical passport dated 30/11/2018 – the applicants own ½ share each in the apartment); photos of the apartment building with some sections of it being totally destroyed; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 29/06/2022; notification from the Security Service of Ukraine confirming the destruction of the applicants’ apartment dated 12/08/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigate Committee of the Russian Federation without a date.
complete destruction
33846/24
28/12/2022
Sergiy Anatoliyovych RYBCHENKO
1965
Private house (44.1 sq. m) at 3 Maiachna St, Lymany village, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged as a result of repeated artillery shelling between 01/04/2022 and 31/08/2022. On 13/09/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police.
The applicant’s passport; title document (deed of gift dated 22/04/2008); photos of the house after the damage (broken windows, shrapnel damage to the walls, damaged ceiling, cracks in the walls); inspection report issued by the local council on 13/10/2022; extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 13/09/2022, confirming the registration of the applicant’s complaint lodged on the same date; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation without a date.
damage
34631/24
08/07/2022
Oleksandra Mykhaylivna TSENYA
1958
Private house no. 2 (70 sq. m) at 3 Yuvileinyi St, Pervomaiske, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by fire as a result of aerial bombing on 14/03/2022.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the private house; residence registration certificate dated 29/04/1992; title document (purchase agreement dated 18/04/1997); photographs of the destroyed property (completely burnt down and reduced to rubble; debris in the yard; no walls left); screenshot of the online application about property damage submitted via the DIIA website on 25/06/2022; handwritten complaint to local authorities about the destroyed property dated 04/07/2022.
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the private house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by the residence registration stamp in her passport and her statements.
35294/24
22/08/2022
Mykhaylo Oleksandrovych CHAYKOVSKYY
1975
Apartment no. 119 (52.3 sq. m) at 10B Arkhitektora Starova, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly damaged by shelling from a BM-30 "Smerch" MLRS on 24/05/2022.
On 11/08/2022 the applicant lodged an online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The applicant’s passport; title document (property certificate dated 31/05/2006); photos of the damaged apartment (destroyed interior walls and doors; explosion holes in the floor and ceiling; belongings turned upside down; damaged furniture; everything covered in rubble); extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 11/06/2022; screenshot of the online application to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation dated 11/08/2022.
damage
35976/24
19/07/2022
Lyudmyla Ivanivna KLIMENKO
1980
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Oleksandr Ivanovych KLIMENKO
1975
(this applicant is not an owner of the property in question)
Private house at 59 Khersonske Shose St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region
Allegedly destroyed by fire as a result of artillery shelling on 18/04/2022.
The applicants’ passports; title document (technical passport dated 05/03/2019 mentioning Ms Klimenko as the sole owner of the house); photos of the private house before its destruction, depicting the applicants’ daily life; photos of the destroyed property (fire in the house; partially destroyed roof; severely damaged ceiling, walls and interior doors; completely burnt down rooms, covered in rubble); extract from the register of pre-trial investigations dated 06/07/2022.
complete destruction
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the private house in question was the applicants’ home as confirmed by the photos of the house prior to its destruction showing elements of their family life and their statements.
36057/24
18/07/2022
Svitlana Borysivna MELNYYCHUK
1973
Apartment no. 6 (37.9 sq. m) at 21 Danska (previously Komkova) St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly damaged as a result of the blast wave on 17/06/2022.
The applicant’s passport; title document (purchase agreement dated 09/10/2020); photos of the damaged apartment (damaged roof, broken windows, damaged walls).
damage
36060/24
29/07/2022
Ganna Andriyivna DIDENKO
1983
Apartment no. 3 (42 sq. m) at 35 building no. 1 Zavodska St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly destroyed by a cruise missile on 16/04/2022.
The applicant’s passport; title documents (extract from the real estate register dated 29/10/2015 – the applicant owns a ½ share in the apartment, technical passport); photos of the damaged apartment building (hole in the building, some apartments are completely destroyed); inspection report issued by the local council on 20/04/2022 and confirming that apartment no. 3 is destroyed.
complete destruction
36780/24
30/06/2022
Oleg Ivanovych KACHAUN
1967
Private house (117.9 sq. m) at 14A Vidrodzhennia (previously Koshovoho) St, Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly damaged by artillery shelling on 03/03/2022.
On 16/05/2022 the applicant lodged a complaint with the Ukrainian police.
The applicant’s passport with a residence stamp for the apartment; title document (property certificate dated 19/06/1997); photos of the damaged private house (broken windows and destroyed window frames; facade, damaged by shrapnel; damaged porch; damaged door; debris in the yard; damaged air conditioner; damaged wicket and gate); inspection report by the Voznesensk City Council dated 28/03/2022 (5 broken windows; destroyed front door; damaged roof).
damage
Art. 8 (1) - interference with the right to home - the private house in question was the applicant’s home as confirmed by his passport registration stamp and statements.
36847/24
27/06/2022
Zhanna Mykolayivna YEPIFANOVA
1959
Apartment no. 6 (64.2 sq. m) at 6 Oleksandra Klepikova (previously Logovenka) St, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region.
Allegedly damaged by artillery strikes on 22/03/2022.
The applicant’s passport; title documents (notary certificate dated 13/01/2011, confirming the applicant’s ownership rights to the apartment, extract from the real estate register dated 20/01/2022, first page of the technical passport dated 13/01/2022); photos of the partially destroyed apartment building (with part of the building collapsed, broken windows, destroyed balconies, damaged roof); fire report dated 22/03/2022; inspection report issued by the local council on 29/03/2022.
damage