The Verkhovna Rada has canceled conscription for military service during martial law.
318 parliamentarians voted in favor of the adoption of bill No. 8109, with the minimum required 226, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The document supplements the law "On military duty and military service" with a new article, which determines that during martial law, conscription for military service is not carried out.
At the same time, it is provided that during martial law draft commissions are created to consider issues regarding:
- organization of medical examination of persons who are in the register of conscripts and have reached the age of 27, their registration as persons liable for military service or exclusion from the register;
- sending conscripts who have expressed a desire to enter higher military educational institutions or military educational units of higher education institutions, to pass tests and pass entrance exams or decide to refuse them in this.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, by decree of September 30, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy canceled the autumn conscription for military service and postponed the autumn demobilization.
In April, Zelenskyy canceled the spring conscription for military service and postponed the spring demobilization.
In early April, the General Staff of the Armed Forces announced that in 2022 the spring conscription for military service to the Armed Forces and other formations will not be carried out.
The General Staff noted that during the general mobilization, the recruitment of vacant positions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations is carried out at the expense of persons liable for military service and reservists.
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