Background to this document The Ukraine Country of Origin Information (COI) Repository was started by Asylos and Clifford Chance as an emergency response to the crisis in Ukraine in February 2022. For more information or to provide comments please contact misha.nayak-oliver@asylos.eu. Purpose of this document This document is a collection of Country of Origin Information (COI) and its purpose is to address and preempt COI needs that arise as asylum seekers who have fled the current situation will make claims for international protection. This is a living document intended to collect a) information on sources that are (still) reporting on the situation in Ukraine and b) to collect relevant source excerpts. Research areas for this report are devised in consultation with domestic and regional asylum lawyers. An updated version of this document will be published on a weekly basis, with new weekly additions highlighted in green throughout the document. Disclaimer The COI Repository is intended as background reference material for legal representatives and those assisting asylum seekers from Ukraine, to assist in their preparation of the case. The COI Repository should be used as a tool to help identify relevant COI. The information cited in the repository can be considered by decision makers in assessing asylum applications and appeals. Legal representatives are welcome to submit relevant excerpts cited in this document for their specific case to decision makers (including judges) to assist in the determination of an asylum claim or appeal. However, this document should not be submitted directly, in its entirety or in isolation as evidence to decision-makers in asylum applications or appeals. The information cited in this document is illustrative, but not exhaustive of the information available in the public domain, nor is it determinative of any individual human rights or asylum claim. Submissions should always be complemented by case-specific COI research. While we strive to be as comprehensive as possible, no amount of research can ever provide an exhaustive picture of the situation. It is therefore important to note that the absence of information should not be taken as evidence that an issue, incident or violation does not exist. We are COI research experts and adhere to strict research principles of providing relevant, objective, transparent, timely and reliable sources material. We therefore include all discoverable relevant information, whether or not supportive of any human rights or asylum claim. It is therefore imperative that legal representatives and those assisting asylum seekers read the whole COI Repository and submit only relevant excerpts cited in this document for their specific case in addition to conducting their own case-specific COI research. Due to the rapid unfolding of events in Ukraine, as well as internal organisational matters, it was agreed that research would cover relevant sources published on and after 1 January 2014. Feedback If you would like to suggest additional research areas or sources to include please fill in this form or email misha.nayak-oliver@asylos.eu. 1