Over the past year, the number of reserved individuals has increased by 300,000 people - Ministry of Economy
Kyiv • UNN
Minister of Economy Oleksii Sobolev reported an increase in the number of reserved individuals by 300,000 people over the past year. Also, 9,000 enterprises have received critical status, with most of the growth occurring in frontline regions.
The number of reserved workers has increased by 300,000 over the past year, and an additional 9,000 enterprises have received critical status. This was stated by the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture Oleksiy Sobolev during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, reports UNN.
Details
Over the past year, we have recorded a steady and significant trend of growth in the total number of reserved workers in all sectors of the economy. The increase over the last 12 months amounted to more than 300,000 people and an additional 9,000 critical enterprises. A large part of this increase comes from frontline areas. Since the fall, when the government introduced an additional 100% quota for frontline areas, the number of reserved workers there has risen to 100,000 people
He noted that active growth in the number of reserved workers has been observed in recent months in such sectors as manufacturing, construction, and transport.
Recall
As of June 1, 2026, updated rules for reserving military-liable employees of critically important enterprises came into effect in Ukraine. The government has revised approaches to determining business criticality, changed requirements for salary levels, and clarified the procedure for calculating reservation quotas.