The draft law passed by the Verkhovna Rada changes the conscription age from 27 to 25, introduces basic military training instead of conscript service, and establishes new rules for mobilization, including mandatory military registration for men aged 18 to 60 and restrictions on public service and certain types of work for those who have not undergone military training.
The law on mobilization will help the military leadership to strengthen control over evaders, introduce changes to support troops at the front by providing leave and improving rotation.
The Verkhovna Rada has passed a law that grants certain categories of people, including people with disabilities, parents with many children, guardians, civil servants, students, and others, a postponement of military service during mobilization.
Ukrainians who own more than one vehicle may be seized for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in accordance with the draft law on mobilization.
Servicemen will receive a one-time compensation of 50% of the down payment under the E-House program, an additional UAH 200,000 after 2 years of service, and a certificate for the purchase of a car worth UAH 150,000 upon signing the first contract.
Ukrainian servicemen will receive remuneration for the destruction of enemy weapons and equipment in the amount of UAH 1,680 to UAH 876,000, and will be entitled to additional leave of up to 15 days per year during martial law.
The draft law on mobilization provides for the deprivation of the right to drive cars of persons liable for military service who fail to appear at the request of the military commissariat. However, for this to happen, the MCC will have to prove in court that the police cannot deliver him to the territorial center.
Parliament passed a resolution obliging the government to provide additional payments to 70,000 soldiers on the front line and to prepare a draft law on military rotation, with 321 MPs voting in favor.
The Ukrainian parliament has voted in the first reading in favor of a bill to reboot the Bureau of Economic Security, which provides for mandatory re-certification of employees and gives international partners a decisive vote in the selection process.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has voted to summon Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and Head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem to a meeting to discuss the protection of critical infrastructure following recent Russian missile and drone attacks on such facilities.
The Verkhovna Rada has approved a draft law on mobilization that introduces various provisions, including requiring persons with disabilities to undergo a second medical examination after February 24, 2022, restrictions on driving for those who evade military service, and the need to carry military registration documents.
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has passed a draft law on mobilization/.
The Verkhovna Rada continued to consider amendments to the draft law on mobilization, removing the provision on demobilization.
The Verkhovna Rada has been considering amendments to the draft law on mobilization for six hours, and only 35-38 MPs remain in the session hall, making a productive vote unlikely today.
Up to eight months have been allotted for the development of a separate draft law on the demobilization of military personnel in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.
During the consideration of amendments to the draft law on mobilization, only 42 MPs were present in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada.
Members of the European Solidarity party have registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada to establish clear deadlines for discharge from military service after the draft law on mobilization removed the provision on demobilization after 36 months of service.
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) is considering a draft law on mobilization procedures with a small number of MPs present, which would change the rules for public notification, military registration and conscription before moving on to a law on demobilization.
Three new categories of children eligible for free vouchers to the Artek summer camp have been added: children of combatants, including volunteers, children who lost their parents defending Ukraine, and children of internally displaced persons.
The relevant committee has approved for the second reading a draft law that will regulate the market of road transport services in Ukraine in accordance with EU standards and requirements.
The Ukrainian government is developing a state ownership policy to determine which enterprises should remain in state ownership and which should be privatized, in accordance with the Law on Improving Corporate Governance.
The Verkhovna Rada passed in the first reading a bill that would allow prisoners to be released from serving their sentences to perform military service.
Parliament passed in the first reading a draft law on liability for evading mobilization, but in the government's initial tough version, which will be finalized for the second reading.
The Verkhovna Rada invited Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Bargylevych and Commander of the Joint Forces Yuriy Sodol to speak before the consideration of the law on mobilization.
The Ukrainian Parliament ratified the 2017 amendments to the Free Trade Agreement with Canada, adding the services sector to the existing agreement.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider amendments to the draft law on mobilization today, and the vote is likely to take place tomorrow, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said.
MP Marian Zablotskyi has revealed that fraudulent exports of agricultural products through customs bypassing Odesa region cost Ukraine more than $7 billion.
By a majority vote in the Verkhovna Rada, the provision limiting military service under martial law to 36 months was removed from the draft law on mobilization.
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky asked to remove the provision on demobilization from the government's law on mobilization, which was agreed upon by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The parliamentary committee recommends adopting the draft law on mobilization in the second reading and as a whole.
