A video of missiles being transported to Moscow ahead of an annual military parade has been falsely shared in posts that claimed it showed nuclear weapons moved on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin after he warned the West against sending troops to aid Ukraine. The footage was in fact filmed before Putin issued […]
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Mobilisation law comes into force as Ukraine struggles to boost troop numbers
A mobilisation law has come into force in Ukraine as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money […]
Ukrainian government allows enlistment offices to work round the clock during mobilisation and martial law
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has amended the regulations on territorial centres for recruitment and social support (military enlistment offices) to allow them to operate around the clock during martial law and mobilisation. Source: Taras Melnychuk, representative of the government in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), on Telegram Details: The amendment stipulates that military enlistment offices […]
Draft mobilisation law with unconstitutional provisions nearly impossible to adopt – Ukraine’s National Security Council Secretary
Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has said that the likelihood that the provisions of the updated draft law on mobilisation would not comply with the Ukrainian Constitution is “close to zero”. Source: Danilov in the episode of Ukrainska Pravda. Summary Quote from Danilov: “The MPs who are politically […]
Ukrainians in Germany targeted by fake news about Kyiv collecting men’s data for mobilisation
Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, has warned of a fake letter which has been circulating on social media that purports to come from the embassy and seeks to collect data on Ukrainian men of draft age in Germany. Source: Makeiev on Facebook, reported by European Pravda. Details: The fake letter, framed as a request […]
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers submits draft law on mobilisation to Parliament
On 30 January, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) an updated draft law on mobilisation. Source: website of the Ukrainian Parliament; press service of the Ministry of Defence Quote: “Comments and remarks on the bill were considered collaboratively with the General Staff, the Government, and people’s deputies. This […]
New mobilisation bill is at final stage of development
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a new version of the draft law on mobilisation. After some amendments have been made, the document will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) in the near future. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the government Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources, the new draft law on mobilisation was […]
UK intelligence attributes rise in attacks on military draft offices in Russia to expectations of new mobilisation
UK Defence Intelligence believes that the upsurge in attacks on military enlistment offices and similar institutions in Russia may indicate a lack of confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s promise not to conduct a new wave of mobilisation. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 28 January on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: The […]
New mobilisation bill not yet submitted to Ukrainian Parliament
The new draft law on improving mobilisation has not yet been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) and is still being reviewed in the Cabinet of Ministers. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Ukrainian government and the Parliament; Oleksandr Zavitnevych, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for National Security, Defence and Reconnaissance, on […]
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry comments on re-introduction of mobilisation draft law in Parliament
The new version of the draft law on mobilisation will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) in a few weeks. Source: Nataliia Kalmykova, Deputy Minister of Defence, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: “It [the draft law – ed.] will be in the Verkhovna Rada as soon as possible, it […]
Government officially announces withdrawal of mobilisation draft law
The government has officially announced that it has withdrawn the draft law on improving mobilisation. Source: Cabinet of Ministers on Telegram Details: It is reported that on 11 January, at an extraordinary meeting, the government supported the protocol decision initiated by the Ministry of Defence “On the withdrawal of the draft law of Ukraine: On […]
Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers to have emergency meeting to call off bill on mobilisation
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is to have an emergency assembly on 11 January in order to call off its bill No 10378 on improving mobilisation, military record and military service. Source: sources of Ukrainska Pravda in the Cabinet of Ministers Details: Reportedly, the Ukrainian government will hold an emergency online-meeting on 11 January. […]