Kyiv Airport won a lawsuit against Russia for over UAH 9 billion due to losses from the war

The Kyiv Commercial Court has upheld the claim of Kyiv International Airport (Zhulyany) against the Russian Federation and ruled to recover over UAH 9.02 billion in damages. This concerns the airport’s lost profits due to the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation and the closure of Ukrainian skies.

The court adopted the corresponding decision on February 26, 2026.

The court found the airport’s claims justified

The lawsuit was filed with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

The court fully supported the airport’s position and found the claims for compensation for financial losses that the airport suffered due to a long downtime after the start of the full-scale invasion to be justified.

The decision was officially published in the court register on June 1.

These are billion-dollar losses due to the closed skies

Kyiv Airport, which previously operated under the name Master-Avia LLC, filed its first lawsuit against the Russian Federation in 2024.

Then the company demanded:

250 million UAH of direct damages due to destruction;
5.52 billion UAH of lost profits.

In April 2025, the court had already recovered more than 5.77 billion UAH from Russia.

However, due to the continuation of the war and the closure of air services, the airport’s financial losses continued to grow.

New estimate of losses — more than 14 billion UAH

According to an independent assessment by Nexia DK. Valuation Services, the total amount of the airport’s lost profits for the period from February 24, 2022 to June 30, 2025 reached 14.55 billion UAH.

Since part of the amount had already been awarded earlier, the airport’s lawyers filed a new lawsuit for the difference between the old and updated loss estimates.

Judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court, Tetyana Vasylchenko, concluded that the plaintiff’s claims are legitimate and supported by evidence.

Ukraine continues to exert legal pressure on the Russian Federation

Cases to recover compensation from Russia due to the war are becoming increasingly frequent both in Ukrainian courts and abroad.

Earlier it became known that the court of the Astana International Financial Center allowed the forced recovery of about $1.4 billion from the Russian Gazprom in favor of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine.

Ukraine continues to shape the international practice of the Russian Federation’s financial liability for losses caused by the war.