A revised draft law on changes to the rules of mobilization, military registration, and service was presented to the Verkhovna Rada. It takes into account the comments of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. The details were made public by MP, member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Marianna Bezuhla.
The draft law proposes to reduce the conscription age for mobilization from 27 to 25 years. Local authorities will be obliged to facilitate mobilization.
During martial law, it is also planned to restrict the rights of evaders. All Ukrainian citizens aged 18-60 will have to register for military service. In addition, it is planned to introduce military registration abroad.
New responsibilities of citizens, according to the draft law:
- provide information about their place of residence (stay) to the employer;
- undergo a medical examination during mobilization;
- to appear in person at the ASC/TCC to clarify the data;
- carry a military registration document with them at all times during martial law.
Changes in the rules of military service:
- a person mobilized during training is a recruit (cannot be used anywhere but in training). According to Bezuhla, the possibility of sending a citizen unprepared to the front will be completely removed;
- the category of "limitedly fit" will be removed;
- the possibility for prisoners to undergo military service under conscription during mobilization at will.
Social protection of the military:
- 30 days' leave without division into parts once a year (given three times in 36 months of mobilization);
- 90 days' leave (without division into parts) after captivity for those who continue to serve.
Options for serving a summons:
- in the TCC by representatives of the TCC;
- at the place of residence by representatives of the TCC, police officers;
- at the place of work by representatives of the TCC, employer, police officers;
- in public places by representatives of the TCC, police officers.
If desired, the draft law proposes to mobilize women and people released from captivity.
Deferment and the right to dismissal:
- persons with disabilities of groups 1-2;
- those with three or more children;
- if two military spouses have a child, one of them may receive a deferment or be discharged;
- if there is a child with a disability in the family;
- if the family has an adult disabled child with a disability/spouse/parents of a spouse or partner of group 1-2 (in this case, the person with a disability chooses who gets the deferment);
- caregivers of a person with disabilities of groups 1-2;
- pregnant women and women on maternity leave;
- current members of the Parliament;
- wives or husbands whose close relatives were killed or went missing at the front.
The deferral, but not the reason for dismissal, is granted to:
- applicants for consecutive higher education who are less than 30 years old (inclusive);
- all scientists with academic titles;
- all full-time teachers.
The draft law also proposes to abolish conscript service and dismiss conscripts (transferring them to the mobilization resource in accordance with general rules).
