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AI regulation in Ukraine

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 1 instrument · 0 binding

Overview

Ukraine, an EU candidate, adopted a Concept for the Development of AI in 2020 and, through the Ministry of Digital Transformation, a 2023 roadmap for AI regulation that follows a "bottom-up" approach: voluntary tools, a code of conduct and sandboxes first, with a law aligned to the EU AI Act to follow. Ukraine signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI in 2024.

What is the current regulatory status?

AI concept (2020) and regulation roadmap (2023) as policy; AI law in preparation; Council of Europe convention signed.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Roadmap for AI regulation (2023).

Key policy instruments

Ukraine Policy Adopted

Roadmap for AI regulation (2023)

Roadmap for the regulation of artificial intelligence in Ukraine

Published in October 2023, the roadmap sets a two-stage, bottom-up approach: first voluntary instruments (white paper, general and sector recommendations, a self-assessment tool, a code of conduct and regulatory sandboxes) to help businesses prepare, then a law on AI harmonised with the EU AI Act, timed with Ukraine's EU accession path.

Adopted 1 Oct 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

No change events recorded yet.

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
  3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
    Government of Ukraine · Tier 1 source

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