The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading the law on amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding certain issues of military service, mobilization and military registration.
This was reported by People’s Deputy of Ukraine from the “Voice” parliamentary faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak u Telegramreports Ukrinform.
According to him, the legislative initiative was supported by 283 people’s deputies.
Photo: Yaroslav Zheleznyak / Telegram
According to the adopted law, the right to postponement is granted:
- reserved;
- recognized as persons with disabilities or, according to the conclusion of the VLK, temporarily unfit for military service due to their health for a period of 6-12 months;
- women and men who have three or more dependent children under the age of 18, except for those who have alimony arrears;
- women and men who have a child (children) under the age of 18, if the second parent of such child (children) is dead, deprived of parental rights, recognized as missing or unaccountably absent, declared dead, serving a sentence in places of deprivation of liberty, as well as when the person independently raises and supports the child according to a court decision or the record of the father of such a child was made on the basis of the first part of Article 135 of the Family Code of Ukraine;
- women and men, guardians, custodians, adoptive parents, foster parents who are raising a child with a disability under the age of 18;
- to women and men, guardians, custodians, adoptive parents, foster parents who are raising a child with a serious illness;
- women and men who are dependent on an adult child who is a person with a disability of group I or II;
- guardians of a person recognized by the court as incompetent;
- persons who have a spouse (husband) from among persons with disabilities of the I or II group;
- persons who have a spouse (husband) from among persons with a disability of the III group, established as a result of an oncological disease, the absence of limbs (limbs), hands (hands), feet (feet), one of the paired organs, or if the person has with disability of III group of oncological disease, mental disorder, cerebral palsy or other paralytic syndromes;
- who have one of their parents with a disability of the I or II group, or one of the parents of the wife (husband) from among persons with a disability of the I or II group, provided that there are no other persons who are not conscripted and, according to the law, are obliged to to maintain (except for cases where such persons are themselves persons with disabilities, require constant care, are under arrest (except house arrest), are serving a sentence in the form of restriction or deprivation of liberty). In the absence of non-military conscripts, only one person from among the military conscripts can care for a person with a disability of the I or II group at the choice of such a person with a disability;
- to family members of the second degree of kinship of a person with a disability of I or II group, engaged in constant care for him (no more than one and provided that there are no members of the family of the first degree of kinship or if the members of the family of the first degree of kinship themselves need constant care according to the conclusion medical and social expert commission or medical and advisory commission of a health care institution). In the absence of family members of the first and second degree of kinship, the norm of this paragraph applies to family members of the third degree of kinship of a person with a disability of the I or II group;
- women and men who have a child (children) under the age of 18 and a husband (wife) who is in military service.
Among the motivational norms, the law contains provisions that provide for the possibility to independently choose a unit for conscripts who will sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
Additional leave and reward for the destruction or capture of enemy weapons or equipment is provided, the amount will be set at the level of the law and government by-laws. Annual basic leave is granted in parts during the calendar year, and the main continuous part must be at least 15 calendar days.
One month of service for three months of being directly in combat areas during martial law is included in the length of service.
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An additional leave of 90 calendar days without division into parts is provided, if desired, after release from captivity with preservation of financial support.
It is noted that in case of need for long-term treatment abroad, it will be possible to pass the military medical board remotely, and the corresponding certificate of the Military Medical Center will be the basis for maintaining monetary and material support.
The right to demobilization of persons with disabilities and those who were released from enemy captivity is provided for.
At the same time, the legislators set the amount of one-time monetary assistance in the event of the death of a serviceman at the level of UAH 15 million.
The law also provides for the right to one-time compensation of 50% of the first mortgage loan payment and an additional 100,000 UAH after the first year of military service and another 100,000 UAH after the second.
The document stipulates that conscripts with limited fitness must undergo repeated military training within 12 months after the law enters into force.
It is emphasized that conscripts who have been diagnosed with II or III disability groups after February 24, 2022 (except for military personnel) are subject to a second medical examination to determine fitness for service.
Restrictions on the provision of consular services are established for men aged 18 to 60 without military registration documents.
It is regulated that, at the request of the TCC, men who do not update their military registration data and evade mobilization will be able to restrict the right to drive vehicles.
Among the duties of conscripted citizens, the legislator established the passing of a medical examination during mobilization, the clarification of their data in the National Register of Citizens/TCC of the SP/the conscript’s electronic cabinet.
At the same time, citizens are required to have a military registration document with them at all times during martial law.
At the same time, the Rada, with 227 votes of people’s deputies, removed from the law the provision on dismissal from military service after 36 months.
As reported by Ukrinform, on February 7, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading the draft law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Certain Issues of Military Service, Mobilization and Military Registration” (No. 10449).
