Mobilisation to be intensified from 18 May: pensioners must also register for military service
14 May 2024 17:38
Pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, prosecutors, tax and customs authorities, the National Police and the Judicial Protection Service will have to register for military service on 18 May, when the law on mobilisation comes into force. The spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Dmytro Lazutkin, told this on Espresso TV, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Starting from 18 May, all men aged 18 to 60 must update their data in the military registration and enlistment offices, which can be done in an electronic cabinet or at the ASC.
Lazutkin noted that the state needs to understand how many men aged 18 to 60 are healthy, what their military specialities are, and who is eligible for reservations or deferments.
“Speaking globally, from 18 May, when the law on mobilisation comes into force, the approach to this war will change. Because the story when some people are fighting and are constantly at the front, while others are living their quiet lives, is obviously coming to an end. The striking difference that was evident every time you returned from Donbas to Kyiv or Lviv or other peaceful cities is not normal. Perhaps it would be normal if we had a weak enemy, but in this case, the whole country, the whole society needs to mobilise,”
– said the spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
According to him, the state needs to understand how many men of this age are healthy, what their military specialities are, or, for example, who has a third child and is entitled to a reservation or deferment, or who has moved and changed their place of residence.
“Now, officials of category B (heads and deputy heads of state bodies) and C (other civil service positions) will be reserved only by 50%, not 100% as before. Officials of category A (senior civil service) will remain reserved. In addition, retired law enforcement officers are also now registered. This was a sensitive topic that was discussed a lot and also meets the demand for justice to some extent,”
– emphasised Dmitry Lazutkin.
How to update data in the CCP
For those who are in Ukraine, there are three ways to update their data:
- to come to the CCP and the JV on your own;
- through administrative service centres;
- through an electronic cabinet.
If you are abroad, you can provide such data to the official e-mail address or telephone number of the CCP, which must be indicated on the official website of such CCP, or through the electronic cabinet. It is planned that the update through the ASC should start working from 17 May, and the electronic cabinet – from 17 June.
What does the law on mobilisation provide for?
The main provisions of the document are as follows:
- The provision on the right to demobilisation of 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 a 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 thousand in monthly payments to those who participate in combat operations “from scratch”.
