This Decree of the President of Ukraine is an official act on the decoration of service members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with state awards. The document is issued for the purpose of honoring personal courage and selflessness displayed during the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The Decree establishes a personal list of individuals submitted for decoration with various types of state awards.
**Structure and Content:**
The Decree has a clear structure based on the types of state awards:
* **”Cross of Combat Merit” decoration** — the highest combat award, presented for outstanding personal bravery.
* **Orders (Bohdan Khmelnytsky, “For Courage”, Danylo Halytskyi)** — distributed by classes, which corresponds to the hierarchy of the state award system of Ukraine.
* **Medals (“For Military Service to Ukraine”, “To the Defender of the Motherland”, “For Saved Life”)** — intended to recognize specific merits in military service and the saving of lives.
* **Personal list:** The Decree contains a nominal list of recipients with the indication of their military ranks. Individuals awarded posthumously are highlighted separately, which is of significant legal and moral importance for honoring the memory of the fallen.
**Key Provisions:**
The most important aspect of this act is its direct effect: it serves as the basis for the emergence of legal consequences, in particular the right of the recipients (or members of their families in the case of posthumous decoration) to relevant social benefits and payments provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On State Awards of Ukraine” and other normative legal acts. For legal practice, it is important that the status of a recipient is confirmed specifically by this Decree, which serves as indisputable evidence of an individual’s merits before the state.
