Government submits new draft law on mobilisation: key provisions

31 January 10:35

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has submitted an updated version of the draft law on mobilisation(No. 10449) to parliament, the citing the government’s press service.

The government claims to have taken into account all the suggestions and comments from the General Staff and MPs after the previous document.

“This draft law defines transparent rules for the mobilisation process, as well as the necessary regulation of the rights of servicemen and women liable for military service,”

– the Cabinet of Ministers said.

Main provisions

Military registration

All citizens aged 18 to 60 must have a military registration document. They are required to present it at the request of a representative of the military registration and enlistment office, the police, or the State Border Guard Service.

Registration of an electronic account of a conscript, reservist or person liable for military service is mandatory .

You can update your military registration data in the conscript’s electronic office or the Administrative Services Centre.

A call-up noticemay be sent electronically to the conscript’s office. The day of delivery of the summons is the day when the representatives of the TCC received a notification of its delivery to the electronic cabinet.

Restrictions will be imposedon those who evade military registration or receive a call-up: temporary restriction on the right to travel outside Ukraine; temporary restriction on the right to drive vehicles; seizure of funds and other valuables, bank accounts, electronic money, etc. These restrictions will be imposed exclusively through a court decision.

Police officers will have the right to detain and bring citizens to the TCC.

Paperwork

For any consular actions in Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad, men aged 18 to 60 must have military registration documents. Exceptions include obtaining a certificate for returning to Ukraine, consular actions regarding children if the second parent is a foreigner, and inheritance registration.

Domestic and international passports can be issued only if you have military registration documents.

Military service

The conscription age is reduced from 27 to 25 years.

Conscript service is cancelled and basic 5-month military training is introduced.

Starting in 2025, basic general military training (up to 3 months) will be introduced at all universities in the country.

People with disabilities of all groups are exempt from service. However, the disability will be checked for “genuineness”.

Those who are partiallyfit will also be tested and declared fit or unfit.

Those sentenced to a suspended sentence have the right to be mobilised.

Volunteers have a 2-month de ferral from mobilisation.

After mobilisation, everyone must undergo 2-3 months of military training.

After 36 months of service, a serviceman can apply for demobilisation. The term for consideration of the report is one month. However, there is also a provision that “the release takes place within the timeframe determined by the Commander-in-Chief’s Office”.

After being released from captivity,prisoners of war may no longer perform military service (only at their own request).

MPs, ministers, judges, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service of Ukraine are exempt from mobilisation.

Остафійчук Ярослав
Editor