Mass demobilization is not in the interests of national security - Venislavskyi

The rotational system for the military has not yet been fully implemented due to the escalation at the front and the international situation. And mass demobilization during the war is not in the interests of national security. Fedir Venislavsky, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, told this on the air of Radio NV , UNN reports.

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First Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Havryliuk said at a Rada meeting that the draft law on demobilization is almost ready, but cannot be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada until a sufficient reserve of military personnel is prepared to replace those demobilized. 

Venislavsky answered what such a statement means and whether those who are waiting for rotation or demobilization can say goodbye to such thoughts:

“Well, I would divide it into two components. Rotation is something we constantly discuss with the Chief of the General Staff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and representatives of the Ministry of Defense at committee meetings. It is the rotational way of providing an opportunity to rest for several months for servicemen who are directly involved in combat operations that is necessary today. This is something that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Syrskyi, wants to implement, but due to the escalation of the situation at the front and international and political events, including the election of Trump, it has not yet been possible to implement it.

Venislavsky added that the Russians are trying to exert pressure, sparing no expense in terms of human and technical resources. That is why the full-fledged rotational system has not yet started working, although the military command is working on it.

Regarding demobilization or dismissal from military service during martial law, I have repeatedly said that some of our colleagues voiced and proposed to introduce relevant provisions to the draft law, which was then withdrawn at the request of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Minister of Defense. In my opinion, this was done either because of a lack of understanding of the consequences of such statements and actions, or with some deliberate malice, but during a full-scale war, promising mass dismissal from military service is not in the interests of national security and defense, to put it mildly. I do not think that in the near future we will have grounds for a law that would provide for mass dismissal of military personnel

Previously

In April 2024, Defense Ministry spokesman Dmytro Lazutkin said that it would take up to 8 months to develop a separate bill on the demobilization of servicemen