Ukraine’s Diia digital app already was one of the most expansive government-run digital ID systems in the world, but since the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the app has been expanded for use as a digital wartime tool.
The Ukrainian government in 2020 launched Diia, a digital app that combines identity card, passport, license, vaccination record, registrations, insurance, health reimbursements and social benefits.
That was before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Now, it appears the Ukraine government is expanding Diia, illustrating how digital apps can be employed during wartime.
In Ukranian, the word “Diia” means “action,” but it’s also an acronym in that language, standing for “The State and Me.”
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, first announced the app on Sept. 27, 2019, under the auspices of the “State in a Smartphone” project.
Officially launched Feb. 6, 2020, Diia is intended to combine all public services into one app, which operates as a “digital state.”
Digital passports and other official documents are now considered legally equivalent to their paper versions, making Ukraine the first country to accomplish this. (more...)
How Ukraine Government Is Converting Digital ID System Into Wartime Tool
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