Draft bill #11379-д of August 6, 2024 

Cosponsors: a group of 13 MPs from the Servant of the People, European Solidarity, Holos, and Batkivshchyna factions with Oleksandr Zavitenvych as the first signatory 

Status: sent for review to the Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence 

Who is affected: persons subject to military service under 25 

Summary: 

  • persons subject to military service under 25 years of age who were deemed unfit for service due to health reasons during peacetime and partially fit during wartime as of March 21, 2024, will not be subject to conscription during martial law until they turn 25. However, they can enlist voluntarily 
  • service members under 25 who were deemed unfit during peacetime and partially fit during wartime as of March 21, 2024, and were mobilized due to a legal loophole will have the right to be released to reserve during martial law if they do not wish to continue military service 

What is right: the draft bill eliminates a loophole that allowed the mobilization of men under 25 who, as of March 21, 2024, were deemed unfit for military service due to health reasons in peacetime and partially fit during wartime. 

Background information: in March 2024, the status of “partial fitness” for military service was removed from the law. Due to confusion in terms and legal loopholes, men under 25 deemed “partially fit” during wartime due to health reasons were immediately registered as liable for military service without deferral. Consequently, military recruitment centers started to mobilize young individuals under 25 who had not completed regular military service, had not received military education, and had not undergone basic military training in higher education establishments (it will commence on September 1, 2025). Hence, the Parliament was compelled to respond to this legal conflict. 

Additional information: 

  • article by Oksana Zabolotna: Mobilization anew: how will the adopted bill work? 
  • column by Oksana Zabolotna: Between bad and worse. Why did we get such a mobilization law? 
  • article by Iryna Korzhenkova and Yana Prots: Do employers have to deliver conscription notices to employees, military registration for women, and other mobilization questions