Order of the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine No. 47-р “On the Introduction of High Alert and EmergencySituation Regimes” entered into force on 26 January 2015. The Order imposes anemergency situation regime on the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and a high alertregime on other regions of Ukraine.
Emergency situation regime in Donetsk and Lugansk regions
An emergency situation regime has been introduced in accordance with Articles13 and 14 of the Civil Defense Code of Ukraine and does not provide for amaterial restriction of rights of citizens and businesses unlike the state ofemergency (which is introduced by the Decree of the President of Ukraine to beapproved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).