Draft bill #10062 of September 18, 2023 

Status: adopted in the first reading 

Who is affected: conscripts, persons subject to military service, and reservists; service members of the Territorial Defense Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, Security Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Border Guard Service, Special Transport Service, Administration of State Guard, Special Communications and Information Protection Service, Emergency Service, as well as customs officers, police officers, tax officials, volunteers who performed combat tasks; the Ministry of Defense, administrative services centers, and enterprises 

Summary: 

  • the bill specifies the principles of operation of the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Subject to Military Service, and Reservists (hereinafter — the Register) 
  • the Ministry of Defense will be the holder of the Register 
  • the administrators of the Register will be the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, and the intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (hereinafter — administrators of the Register) 
  • the Ministry of Defense will: 
    • ensure the technical operation of the Register 
    • submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine proposals regarding the procedures for maintaining the Register: procedures for collecting, storing, processing, and using information about conscripts, persons subject to military service, and reservists 
    • establish the connection of the Register to other registers and databases for obtaining the necessary information 
  • the administrators of the Register will: 
    • have access to the information in the Register 
    • organize the training of subordinate administration bodies and the maintenance of the Register 
    • ensure the completeness, relevancy, timeliness, and accuracy of the information in the Register 
  • the list of personal and service data stored in the Register will be extended. It will include the following confidential information: 
    • work experience (specialty-relevant) 
    • veteran status 
    • proficiency in foreign languages 
    • permits to own and use weapons 
    • participation in educational and advanced training courses 
    • documents allowing a citizen of Ukraine to leave and enter Ukraine 
    • driver’s license 
    • status of an internally displaced person 
    • status of a missing person 
    • information about the right to deferment from conscription during mobilization 
    • fulfillment of military duty and military service performance 
    • conclusion of a military medical commission 
    • information about participation in combat actions 
  • the bill regulates the interaction between the Register and other registers, databases of the Central Election Commission, State Tax Service, State Migration Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and other government bodies 
  • the following online services will be introduced: 
    • an electronic cabinet of conscripts, persons subject to military service, and reservists, where personal and service information is displayed 
    • an electronic cabinet of an enterprise for maintaining personal accounts of conscripts, persons subject to military service, and reservists 
    • an electronic cabinet of an administrative services center for dealing with applications from service members and their family members, conscripts, persons subject to military service, and reservists 
  • service members who participated in combat operations during the anti-terrorist operation will have the right to submit an application in paper or electronic form to a commission, which reviews the materials and decides on granting combat veteran status 
  • a special procedure will be introduced for obtaining combat veteran status: 
    • to obtain combat veteran status, service member (or their family members) can submit an application via Diia, the Register of Persons Subject to Military Service, or the State Web Portal of Electronic Public Services Concerning National Security and Defense (created by this bill) to the commission of the Ministry of Defense along with the required documents 
    • if the required documents are absent, they are requested by the commission from the state body authorized to issue and keep these documents 
    • the authorized government body is obligated to provide the documents within 15 days from the day of receiving the request 
    • the commission makes a decision to grant combat veteran status no later than 10 days after receiving the required documents 
    • in the same way, family members of deceased defenders of Ukraine can obtain the status of a family member of a deceased defender 
  • the State Web Portal of Electronic Public Services Concerning National Security and Defense will be launched. It will be used to provide citizens with online public services and access to information about these services 
  • it will be allowed to place Ukrainian IT systems in cloud storage of NATO member countries if there is joint approval from the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence must be immediately informed about such decisions. 

What is right: 

  • state registers will interact more effectively 
  • the military accounting system will be improved 
  • it will be easier to obtain combat veteran status during martial law 
  • defense of domestic information systems will be strengthened. 

Additional information: 

Ok, So What? podcast, ep.132: Will it be possible to get combat veteran status online? 

Article by Yuliia Pietsko: No place for veterans? How the state policy on veterans in Ukraine should look like.