According to Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine "On the status of military service veterans, veterans of internal affairs bodies and certain other persons and their social protection" (hereinafter - the Law), veterans, in particular internal affairs bodies, are citizens of Ukraine:
persons with disabilities of groups I and II, whose disability occurred as a result of injury, contusion, mutilation or illness related to the performance of military service, service in the military reserve during direct participation in the anti-terrorist operation, in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repulse and deterrence of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, being directly in the districts and during the implementation of these measures, or in the performance of official duties to protect public order, fight crime and eliminate the consequences of emergencies;