For the commission of domestic violence there is both administrative and criminal liability. So administrative responsibility implies:

• Fine 170-340 UAH,

• Public work 30-40 hours,

• Arrest up to 10 days.

While criminal liability:

• Community work 150-240 hours, arrest up to 6 months

• Restriction of freedom up to 5 years

• Imprisonment up to 2 years

Additional measures of influence that can be applied in relation to the offender:

Urgent prohibition order, which may contain the following measures:

• Obligation to leave the place of residence (stay) of the injured person;

• Prohibition of entry and stay at the place of residence (stay) of the injured person;

• Prohibition in any way to contact the affected person.

An urgent prohibition order is issued for up to 10 days.

Another tool to protect the injured person is a restraining order, which is issued by the court for a period of 1 to 6 months. It can be extended for the same period, and contains more prohibitions for the offender.

So, the restrictive prescription contains the following measures:

• Prohibition to stay in a place of cohabitation (stay) with the injured person;

• Prohibition of personally and through third parties to search for the injured person, if he or she is at will in a place unknown to the offender, to pursue him and communicate with him in any way; elimination of obstacles to the use of property that is the object of the right of joint joint property or personal private property of the injured person by;

• Restriction of communication with the affected child;

• Prohibition of approaching a specified distance to the place of residence (stay), study, work, other places of frequent visit by the affected person;

• Prohibition to conduct correspondence, telephone conversations with the affected person or contact with him through other means of communication personally and through third parties.