Ukraine: an updated draft law on mobilization has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada

On January 30, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted an updated bill on mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada. What changed?

Changes to the mobilization bill

Major changes are reported on official website Ministry of Defense. The department notes:

“Comments and observations on the bill were taken into account jointly with the General Staff, the government and people’s deputies. This bill defines transparent rules for the mobilization process, as well as the necessary regulation of the rights of military personnel and those liable for military service.”

The Ministry of Defense claims that the bill now defines a clear term of service for the period of martial law. People with disabilities of all groups are exempt from military service. And mobilization volunteers have a two-month deferment to resolve personal issues and prepare for mobilization.

Cash support The bill defines a minimum of 20 thousand hryvnia without taking into account additional remuneration. Additional reward for the period of martial law, from 30 to 100 thousand hryvnia are pledged.

Annual main leave during martial law, it may be provided in parts of at least 15 calendar days during a calendar year. Freed from captivity military personnel will receive an additional 90 days of leave with continued pay if they decide to extend their service.

The press service reports that now there will be no need to go to the TCC to update data – this can be done online in your personal account or CNAP. It is proposed to create an electronic account on the basis of the “Obereg” register of persons liable for military service.

It will be possible to travel to other cities of Ukraine move without permission from the TCChowever, after moving you will need to register at your new address.

After mobilization, all citizens of Ukraine will undergo compulsory military training for 2-3 months – a person cannot be sent straight to the front.

The bill proposes abolish conscript service and introduce basic military training instead. A person aged 18-24 independently chooses when to undergo military training, which will last a maximum of 5 months. He will be behind him keep your job (this is not in current legislation).

The comparative note to the bill states that During the period of mobilization, all citizens aged 18 to 60 years who are registered (or deregistered) must have a military registration document with them and present it at the request of a representative of the TCC, a police officer or the State Tax Service.

The department noted that registration is carried out “for everyone” and excludes the right to a deferment from conscription in public services.

Who can’t be summoned

Which of the citizens of Ukraine will not be subject to conscription under the new draft law on mobilization, tells edition “Country”:

• heads of ministries, deputies, heads of government agencies;
• people’s deputies;
• judges, members of the High Council of Justice, HQKS;
• employees of military command and control agencies;
• reserved for government bodies, other authorities, local governments, enterprises and organizations;
• students receiving higher education than previously received (the deferment from mobilization for those who receive another higher education is cancelled, and postgraduate contract students have also been removed from the exceptions);
• Scientific and scientific-pedagogical employees working at no less than 0.75% of the rate are not subject to conscription;
• people “recognized as persons with disabilities” are not subject to conscription. Also not subject to conscription are persons who, in accordance with the conclusion of the VLK, are temporarily unfit for service for a period of 6 to 12 months (with further passing of the VLK again);
• women and men supporting three or more children;
• women and men who have children under 18 years of age if the second parent is deceased, deprived of parental rights or missing;
• guardians of children with various disorders and diseases, guardians of disabled children of groups 1 and 2;
• adoptive parents of children under 18 years of age;
• those caring for a sick wife (husband), child or parents who need constant care (the provision on caring for the parents of a wife or husband has been removed);
• guardians of persons declared legally incompetent;
• family members of the 1st degree of kinship (no more than one) persons with a disability of the 1st group, engaged in constant care for him, if there are no other persons who can provide such care;
• family members of the 1st degree of kinship of a person with a disability of the 2nd group, engaged in constant care for him, if there are no other persons who can provide such care;
• women and men with children under 18 years of age and a husband (wife) who are serving in military service;
• persons whose close relatives died or went missing in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions during martial law, as well as during the ATO.

About women:

• suitable women with a medical or pharmaceutical specialty, subject to military registration,
• women who have a specialty or profession related to military registration, can register at will.

Women registered with the military can be called up or recruited for defense work in wartime voluntarily.

Limited fit

All citizens of Ukraine liable for military service who have been found to be of limited fitness must undergo a repeat medical examination within 9 months – one of the provisions of the new mobilization bill. All men 25-55 years old who received disability of ІІ and ІІІ groups after February 24, 2022, must also undergo a “suitability review.” They set a deadline of until the end of 2024. An exception is for those who received disability groups II and III in the army and who are missing a limb due to amputation.

In the next plenary week in February there will be vote for the bill in the Verkhovna Rada.

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