Bill No. 11379-d, which bans the mobilisation of people aged 18 to 25, will be considered by the Verkhovna Rada in early September. This was announced by MP Oleksiy Honcharenko, Komersant ukrainskyi
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Goncharenko said that at today’s meeting of the Verkhovna Rada he raised the issue of draft law No. 11379-d, which should correct the legislative conflict when men aged 18 to 25 could be mobilised into the Armed Forces if they had served in the army, graduated from a military department, or were found to be of limited fitness in peacetime.
“I have just raised this issue at a meeting of the Rada. It is important to press this issue. I have received hundreds of messages! This is a really big problem,” said Honcharenko.
In response, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, said that the draft law would be considered at the first meeting in September.
“We have the first result. Friends, let’s press on! According to the Constitution, the first meeting should be held on 3 September,” the MP added.
Goncharenko also asked Stefanchuk to inform the Ministry of Defence of the intention to vote for the draft law so that the mobilisation of young people aged 18 to 25 could be stopped.
It is worth noting that Ukraine’s international partners, who provide military and economic assistance, periodically raise the issue of lowering the mobilisation age for Ukrainian men. In their opinion, the age of 18 to 25 is the most optimal and effective for citizens to be able to fight effectively due to their physical and psychological qualities. This was stated by Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security.
“But there are no initiatives at the level of our state, at the level of the legislative and executive branches, at the level of the President,” said Venislavsky.
As a reminder, on 2 April, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Military Duty and Military Service'”. The draft age was reduced from 27 to 25 years.
The issue of demobilisation remains an open question. According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, Dmitry Lazutkin, this issue depends on many theoretical and practical factors , including possible mobilisation in Russia and changes in the situation on the battlefield due to Western support.
However, Fedir Venislavskyi believes that demobilisation is not to be expected at all.
Nevertheless, a number of MPs have registered a draft law on demobilisation. However, it is still unknown whether it will be put to a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.
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