{"id":16379,"date":"2026-05-01T10:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/2026\/05\/decree-on-the-extension-of-the-term-of-martial-law-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:06:33","slug":"decree-on-the-extension-of-the-term-of-martial-law-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/2026\/05\/decree-on-the-extension-of-the-term-of-martial-law-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"**Decree on the Extension of the Term of Martial Law in Ukraine**"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day! Here is a brief overview of the provided Decree of the President of Ukraine:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Essence of the Law:** The Decree extends the period of martial law in Ukraine due to the ongoing armed aggression of the Russian Federation. Martial law is extended for another 90 days, starting from 05 hours 30 minutes on May 4, 2026. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine must inform international organizations about this extension and the related restrictions on the rights and freedoms of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Structure and Main Provisions:** The Decree consists of three articles. The first article amends the previous Presidential Decree on the introduction of martial law, extending its validity. The second article obliges the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to inform international organizations about the extension of martial law and the restriction of rights and freedoms. The third article defines the moment this Decree enters into force \u2013 simultaneously with the entry into force of the relevant Law of Ukraine on the approval of this Decree. This decree is another extension of martial law, which was first introduced in February 2022 and has been regularly extended since then.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Key Provisions for Use:** The most important is the extension of the duration of martial law, as it affects many aspects of life in Ukraine, including restrictions on certain rights and freedoms, the possibility of introducing a curfew, a special regime of entry and exit, as well as other measures provided for by the Law of Ukraine &#8220;On the Legal Regime of Martial Law&#8221;. It is also important to take into account that the Decree enters into force only after its approval by the relevant Law of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/go\/342\/2026\"><strong>Full text by link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day! Here is a brief overview of the provided Decree of the President of Ukraine: 1. **Essence of the Law:** The Decree extends the period of martial law in Ukraine due to the ongoing armed aggression of the Russian Federation. Martial law is extended for another 90 days, starting from 05 hours 30 minutes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ukrainian-legislation-general-en","category-ukrainian-legislation-important","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"patreon-level":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}