During its meeting on Monday, 8 January, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy recognised the government’s draft law on mobilisation as containing corruption risks. Source: Anastasiia Radina, Chair of the Committee, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: The official said the committee concluded that conscription was necessary in Ukraine but some draft law […]
The Russians are trying to strengthen mobilisation measures in the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine, according to the National Resistance Center. Source: National Resistance Center Details: The centre reports that more and more repressive measures by the Russians are aimed at finding men to forcibly mobilise into the ranks of the Russian army. As […]
Minister of Defence Rustem Umierov, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhii Shaptala stressed the need to improve the mobilisation policy at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence. Source: Ukrinform referring […]
The bill on mobilisation will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) for a vote only after a round of discussions and amendments. Source: Mykhailo Podoliak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, on the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: “Will it (the bill – ed.) be [passed] in […]
Ivan Vyhivskyi, Chief of the National Police of Ukraine, has stated that the police are responsible for security within the country and are already involved to the maximum degree as part of the Security and Defence Forces, responding to a proposal to mobilise 100,000 law enforcement officers. Source: Vyhivskyi in an interview with Ukrainski Novyny […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thinks it is right that the bill on mobilisation in Ukraine is being discussed openly rather than behind closed doors. Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his evening video address Quote: “A discussion on new mobilisation rules began today. There is a legislative proposal – the military command, the Ministry of Defence […]
The military command does not want to interfere in the question of who can have a delay from mobilisation to protect Ukraine in the war with Russia. Source: Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: “For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for me personally, […]
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, believes it is necessary to retain the concepts of fitness and unfitness for military service in the legislation and to abandon the division into disability levels. Source: Zaluzhnyi at a briefing Quote from Zaluzhnyi: “I believe that today, the use of disability levels, group 2, group 3, is […]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has presented two new laws designed to make it easier to draft new soldiers urgently needed on the front line. Due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the mobilisation procedures must be “improved,” according to one of the two draft laws published overnight. It comes after Ukraine’s army called for […]
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Ukraine’s military command formulates its requests for ammunition, weapons and human resources regularly, but has not submitted a request for a specific number of mobilised people to the government. Source: Zaluzhnyi on the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: “The military command did not request […]
A bill to enhance military records and mobilisation was presented to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) by the Cabinet of Ministers. Source: Taras Melnychuk, representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Quote: “The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, as the subject of legislative initiative, has registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine […]
Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets has said that Estonia is ready to help Ukraine mobilise its citizens if necessary. Source: Estonian newspaper Postimees; European Pravda Details: The minister said that there are about 7,500 Ukrainian citizens of conscription age living in Estonia. He noted that many of them are not liable for military service. “According […]