The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has finalized the draft law on a unified video monitoring system for public security and is ready to re-submit it to the Verkhovna Rada. The document is intended to regulate access to surveillance camera recordings, particularly by state bodies and other users.

This was announced on November 13 by Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vygivskyi during the hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada.

According to the minister, the National Police currently has access to over 90,000 surveillance cameras, but the rules for the use of such systems by various organizations remain insufficiently regulated.

The issue was raised by People's Deputy Oleksandr Bakumov in connection with materials from the anti-corruption operation "Carthage". He drew attention to the possible illegal receipt and transfer to third parties of information from the "Safe City" system, which allows tracking the movement of people.

Vygivskyi explained that in the National Police, access to the corresponding databases is personalized. Each employee uses their own key, and all actions with the system are registered. This, according to the minister, allows identifying the person who viewed or received certain data.

Instead, for other users of video surveillance systems, in particular local self-government bodies, uniform access control rules require additional legislative regulation. The minister acknowledged that access to such systems may also be available to third parties.

To solve the problem, the Ministry of Internal Affairs proposes to return to legislative regulation of the unified video monitoring system. The corresponding draft law was developed back in 2024, but was later sent for revision.

"We have now worked on it together with people's deputies, with the initiators, and are ready to re-submit," said Vygivskyi.

This concerns a legislative initiative, the previous version of which was registered in the Verkhovna Rada under No. 11031 in February 2024. It provided for the creation of uniform rules for the functioning of video monitoring systems, information exchange, and delimitation of data access rights.

However, according to the draft law card, on September 3, 2025, it was removed from consideration. The previous version also received comments from parliamentary committees, in particular regarding Ukraine's compliance with international obligations in the field of European integration.

During his speech, Vygivskyi emphasized that the purpose of the legislative changes is to regulate the operation of video surveillance systems, not to introduce surveillance of citizens' private lives. At the same time, the minister did not detail the content of the revised document.

Currently, the draft law has not been re-registered, and the minister did not name specific deadlines for its submission and consideration.

We remind you that earlier NABU reported that within the investigation of the "Carthage" case, the possible use of official information from the "Safe City" system for the preparation of crimes is being checked. These circumstances remain the subject of pre-trial investigation.

Based on materials: session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, draft law No. 11031