Defence City & Diia.City: Challenges and Opportunities 2026
Defence City and Diia.City are opening up new opportunities for businesses — from tax incentives to employee reservation (mobilization exemption) mechanisms. On 24 July at 11:00, join the seminar “Diia & Defence City: Challenges and Opportunities 2026”, where experts will explain how these frameworks work in practice and what your company needs to do to take full advantage of them.
Seminar agenda
👉 Session 1. Defence City: An Ecosystem for Defence Manufacturers
🟪 Ecosystem overview: Who benefits from joining Defence City, eligibility requirements, and available incentives for manufacturers.
🟪 Roles within the ecosystem: Opportunities for manufacturers, R&D centres, system integrators, service companies, and component suppliers.
🟪 Resident lifecycle: A step-by-step guide from application and selection to reporting obligations and access to support.
🟪 Eligibility criteria and compliance: Requirements regarding ownership transparency, business activities, and financial capacity.
🟪 Document preparation: Building the required corporate, financial, production, and security documentation package.
🟪 Support instruments: Preferential taxation, export assistance, and opportunities for production relocation.
🟪 Restrictions: Key red flags and categories of companies that are not eligible for resident status.
🟪 Employee reservation: General requirements for obtaining critical enterprise status to secure key personnel.
👉 Session 2. Diia.City: Tax and Legal Framework for IT Companies
🟨 The Diia.City model: A brief overview of Diia.City as a legal and tax framework for the IT sector.
🟨 Financial strategy: Analysis of actual tax savings for both companies and specialists, including lawful tax optimisation.
🟨 Choosing the right model: How to select the taxation system that best fits your company’s financial model.
🟨 Residency requirements: Eligibility criteria and the process for obtaining Diia.City resident status.
🟨 Working with specialists: Structuring relationships through GIG contracts and employment agreements without using grey schemes.
🟨 Cooperation with sole proprietors (FOPs): Understanding regulatory thresholds and rules governing cooperation.
🟨 Reporting and audit: Setting up an accounting model, initial reporting (first three months), annual reporting, and audit requirements.
🟨 Critical enterprise status and employee reservation: How Diia.City residents can obtain critical enterprise status during martial law and benefit from employee reservation mechanisms.
👥 Speakers
⚙️ Sviatoslav Lyndiuk — Attorney-at-Law, expert in comprehensive legal support for the corporate sector and the IT industry.
⚙️ Olena Kolchenohova — Lawyer, expert in legal support for defence and R&D projects.
Who should attend?
This seminar is designed for defence manufacturers, IT companies, R&D teams, service providers, CFOs, accountants, HR professionals, and legal counsels who want to operate within Ukraine’s current legal framework and make the most of the opportunities already available to business.