The number of reservists in Ukraine is 36,000 people. These figures were announced at a briefing by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov. He said that these are mainly people who already have experience in combat operations.
"Regarding reservists, their number today is 36 thousand people. These are mostly people who have been through the frontline, they understand what we are talking about. It is a question of the military, they decide where to involve these or those servicemen," said Oleksiy Danilov.
On 23 February, the conscription of reservists for military service began by order of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. People from 18 to 60 years old will be conscripted. They will be both officers and non-commissioned officers.
The maximum term of service is one year. Reservists in the operational reserve of the first order will serve in those military units and in the specialty, in which they served before and signed the contract for service in the operational reserve of the first order.
