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1. The subject of the dispute is the right of the family members of a serviceman who died from a disease while performing military service duties to receive a one-time financial assistance in the amount of UAH 15,000,000, as provided for by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 168.<\/p>\n
2. The Supreme Court, composed of the judicial chamber, departed from previous conclusions set forth in the resolutions dated July 17, 2024 (case No. 600\/548\/23-a) and August 22, 2024 (case No. 380\/9868\/23), which previously allowed for an expansive interpretation of the grounds for the payment of assistance. The Court emphasized that Resolution No. 168 is an exceptional social guarantee of wartime; therefore, its provisions cannot be interpreted expansively. The Court distinguished between the concepts of “death in action” (being killed) and “death as a result of a disease,” pointing out that to receive the UAH 15 million payment, it is necessary to prove a direct causal link between the death and a wound, shell shock, injury, or mutilation sustained while defending the Motherland. The conclusion of a military medical commission regarding the connection of a disease to the defense of the Motherland is not, in itself, an automatic basis for the payment of this amount. In the event of death from a disease that has no direct connection to a wound, family members are entitled to assistance, but in the amounts determined by the general Law No. 2011-XII and Procedure No. 975, and not by Resolution No. 168. Consequently, since in this case the death occurred due to acute hepatorenal failure without a proven connection to a wound, there are no grounds for the payment of UAH 15 million.<\/p>\n
3. The Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the lower courts and adopted a new decision to dismiss the claim.<\/p>\n