On 23 October 2018, the Zakarpattia District Administrative Court declared unlawful actions of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration regarding the return of the draft decision on the establishment of the Kholmkivska amalgamated hromada consisting of the Kholmok, Storozhnytsia and Tarnivtsi village councils of the Uzhgorod Rayon of the Zakarpattia Oblast for additional elaboration. The court compelled the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration to reconsider the submission of the Kholmkivska AH.