Draft bill #9672 of September 4, 2023 

Cosponsors: a group of three MPs from the Servant of the People faction and the For the Future group with Fedir Venislavskyi as the first signatory 

Status: submitted to the Verkhovna Rada 

Who is affected: students getting vocational (vocational and technical), advanced professional, or higher education 

Summary of the bill: 

  • the bill specifies eligibility conditions for military conscription during mobilization during a special period: 
    • students getting full-time or dual-form education at the levels of education in the sequence defined by the Law on Education will not be conscripted if they enrolled for their current program no later than a year after reaching the age of thirty 
    • interns and post-graduates studying in full-time or dual-form programs are eligible for conscription 
    • educators of vocational educational establishments will not be conscripted. 

What is right: 

  • there will be fewer possibilities for citizens to abuse Ukrainian laws to avoid mobilization 
  • mobilization capabilities of the state will be increased.