FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60664/19
Zinayida Ivanivna TIPAKOVA
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 5 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
 Andreas Zünd, President,
 Diana Sârcu,
 Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 13 November 2019,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Ms Zinayida Ivanivna Tipakova, was born in 1955 and lives in Melekyno, Donetsk Region, which is currently not controlled by Ukraine.
The last communication from the applicant was her application lodged on 13 November 2019, in which she complained about impossibility to receive certain payments allegedly due to her by the State.
The applicant resides on the occupied territories of Ukraine, where Ukrainian or international postal services do not operate. She did not provide the Court with any email address. The Registry’s numerous attempts to reach her by telephone were unsuccessful. It follows that there is no effective contact with the applicant.
THE LAW
The Court notes that all the available means to contact the applicant have been tried without success. The applicant did not provide the Court with any new contact information which could have allowed the Court to conduct further proceedings.
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application (see Bryska and Others v Ukraine [Committee] (dec.), no. 11706/13 and 5 others, 2 November 2023, and Zhadan and Others v Ukraine [Committee] (dec.), no. 29283/13 and 26 others, 14 December 2023).
The Court, however, reiterates that under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention it may decide to restore the application to its list of cases if it considers that the circumstances justify such a course.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 26 February 2026.
 
 Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd
 Acting Deputy Registrar President