According to the journalists of the "Censor.NET" publication, MOD representatives submitted a revised bill to the parliament on the mechanisms of mobilisation, military registration, and military service.
What has been said in the Verkhovna Rada
The head of the Council's Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Oleksandr Zavitnevych, denied media information about the submission to the Verkhovna Rada of an allegedly revised bill on mobilisation.
Some mass media have spread unreliable information that the government has allegedly introduced a revised bill on mobilisation and military service to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. I want to refute these false reports, — Zavitnevych notes.
Zavitnevych emphasised that no such bills have been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the government at this moment.
As soon as such a document appears, society will learn about it from official sources, and the draft law itself will be available for review on the parliament's website, the head of the parliamentary committee emphasized.
What does the media state about the changed project on mobilisation
According to the publication regarding its sources, the Ministry of Defense proposes the following changes in the mobilisation and passing of the service:
the rule on the obligation of every military conscript to undergo a check of account data is clearly established;
mandatory carrying of a military registration document during martial law;
creation of an electronic office of a conscript;
canceling the deferment for caring for the wife's sick parents (now only caring for one's own parents gives a deferment);
those who have served 36 months during martial law are eligible for a 2-year deferment;
conscripts released from service receive a 6-month deferment from mobilisation;
abolition of conscription and introduction of basic military service for persons under 25 years of age, the term of service will be five months in peacetime and three months in wartime (optional for women, mandatory for men);
exemption from service for those who returned from captivity;
abolition of the category of "limited fit" for military service, those with limited fit must re-pass medical military commission;
One month of continuous participation in combat is equivalent to two months of service in general;
after six months of being at the frontline, service members must receive two months of rest within the rotation;
Citizens who are permanently living abroad must also register for military service.
It is also assumed that the service deferment will remain for representatives of all three groups of disabilities.
What is known about the preliminary bill on mobilisation
At the end of 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on mobilisation, which strengthened mobilisation measures. Many shortcomings were found in the government bill, and in the end, the Cabinet of Ministers withdrew the document from the parliament.
According to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Verkhovna Rada, Dmytro Lubinets, specific clauses in the bill violated fundamental human rights.
According to him, adding additional powers to the Territorial Recruiting Centers and the possibility of mobilising persons with disabilities of the third group is a violation of the Constitution.
Later, it became known that the Ministry of Defense had already prepared a new bill on mobilisation.
