President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Law providing combat immunity under martial law No. 2124-IX (reg. No. 745), Ukrinform reported, with reference to the press service of the Supreme Rada.

In particular, the law establishes the legal protection of military commanders, servicemen, volunteers of the territorial defense forces, law enforcement officers taking part in the defense of Ukraine, persons defined by the Law "On ensuring the participation of civilians in the defense of Ukraine", by enshrining the concept of "combat immunity" for fixing in the general part of the Criminal Code of the institution of exemption from criminal liability.

"In particular, we are talking about exemption from criminal liability for losses of personnel, military equipment or other military property, the consequences of the use of armed and other force during the repulsion of armed aggression against Ukraine or the elimination of armed conflict, as well as the performance of other tasks for the defense of Ukraine with the use of any type of weapons (weapons), the occurrence of which, could not be foreseen when planning and performing such actions (tasks) or which are covered by the optimum of the criminal law."

As Ukrinform reported, on 15 March, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and other laws of Ukraine regarding the definition of circumstances precluding criminal wrongfulness of an act and providing combat immunity during martial law". 344 MPs voted for this decision.