Amended draft law on mobilisation published: main provisions
10 April 2024 09:13
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security has approved the text of the draft law on mobilisation for the second reading. The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, published the text of the proposed draft law with amendments, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
The Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence of Ukraine has completed consideration of the draft law on mobilisation. The document has already been prepared for the second reading.
Today, 10 April, the document will be submitted to the parliament.
The main provisions of the document prepared for the second reading are as follows:
- The provision on the right to demobilisation for people with disabilities remains.
- Demobilisation in connection with the release from captivity (if the servicemen did not express a desire to continue military service).
- Those found to be partially fit will be obliged to re-evaluate within 12 months.
- Servicemen and women who sign their first contract are entitled to compensation of 50 per cent of the down payment on a mortgage-backed loan.
- Those who received a 2-3 disability group after 24 February 2022 (except for military personnel) are subject to a second medical examination to determine their fitness for service.
- During mobilisation, men are required to have a military registration document with them and present it at the request of a representative of the CCC or a police officer. The process of document verification can be recorded on camera or phone.
- In the border area and at border crossing points, a border guard may require you to present your military registration document.
- Restrictions on driving vehicles for men of the appropriate age at the request of the MCC.
- Citizens who are registered with the military may voluntarily register an electronic account of a conscript, person liable for military service or reservist.
- Military personnel are entitled to compensation of 50% of the down payment on a mortgage when entering into their first contract.
- Persons liable for military service aged 18 to 60 will be able to obtain documents at foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine only if they have military registration documents .
- Persons liable for military service will also be able to obtain a passport and a foreign passport if they have their military registrationdocuments with them.
- All servicemen are to be paid a monthly remuneration of UAH 10,000.
- Those who evade mobilisation will be punished by a temporary restriction on driving vehicles, based on a court decision.
- Instead of conscription, it is planned to introduce basic military service for citizens aged 18 to 25. They will be able to choose the period of service until they reach the age of 24.
- There are no plans for compulsory mobilisation of women. They are subject to military registration if they are fit for military service for health and age reasons and have received medical or pharmaceutical education. Women who are registered for military service may be called up for military service during martial law on a voluntary basis.
- uAH 70,000 in monthly payments to those who participate in combat operations “from scratch”.
The Law enters into force one month after the day following its publication, except for those paragraphs relating to amendments to parts four and five of Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation” – they enter into force eight months after the day following the publication of this Law.
It should be noted that the fate of the draft law will be unpredictable during the reading. Therefore, the final version of the document will be determined after it is considered by the Parliament and voted on as a whole.
Draft law on mobilisation
on 7 February, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a new draft law on mobilisation without proposals from the relevant committee. It is expected to be voted on as a whole at the end of February, and the draft law may come into force in April.
The draft law proposes, among other things, to introduce summonses through the conscript’s electronic cabinet. Other innovations include lowering the conscription age to 25 years, setting the demobilisation period at 36 months, introducing voluntary mobilisation for convicts, restrictions on evaders, banning civil service without military training, etc.
Read more about the new document in our article: Government submits new draft law on mobilisation: main provisions.
