(Bloomberg) — Russia’s oil and gas industry has been crucial for bankrolling the invasion of Ukraine, giving the Kremlin the funds to keep fighting even as the conflict drags on through its third year. But the industry is facing a shortage of manpower as the full mobilization of Russia’s economy for war exacerbates a longstanding […]
About 9,400 cases of mobilization evasion are currently under investigation in Ukraine, 2,600 of which have been sent to court, First Deputy Head of the National Police Maksym Tsutskiridze said in an interview with news outlet Censor.NET on Feb. 13. “Such cases are being considered in courts somewhat slowly, we understand that judges have a […]
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has supported a bill on strengthening mobilization in the first reading, opposition Holos (Voice) party MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on Feb. 7. The decision was supported by 243 MPs, with no support from Eurosolidarity or Batkivshchyna: Read also: Revised mobilization bill contains ‘corruption risks’ – parliamentary committee · […]
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, supported the updated bill on mobilization in the first reading, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak reported on Feb. 7. Ukraine’s government hopes to update the legal framework around conscription in order to ramp up mobilization in 2024. To become law, bills must be passed by parliament in two readings and signed by […]
The government’s revised draft law on mobilization contains provisions that violate Ukraine’s Constitution, chief Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on social media Feb. 6. Ukraine’s leadership hopes to update the legal framework around conscription in order to ramp up mobilization in 2024. The government submitted a new draft of the mobilization law to parliament on Jan. […]
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Feb. 6 to extend martial and mobilization by another 90 days starting from Feb. 14, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said. President Volodymyr Zelensky first declared martial law and general mobilization on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The measure has been repeatedly extended since then. Ukraine’s parliament […]
Ukraine’s leadership is seeking to kickstart a mobilization campaign to replenish the ranks in 2024. For that, it needs an updated legal framework. The government submitted a new draft of the mobilization law to Ukraine’s parliament on Jan. 30, more than two weeks after withdrawing its initial, contentious version. Compared to the current legislation, the […]
Ukraine’s parliamentary Anti-Corruption Committee has found that the amended version of the government’s mobilization bill, submitted to the Ukrainian parliament on Jan. 30, contains provisions that create opportunities for corruption, MP and committee member Viktoria Siumar said in a Facebook post on Feb. 5. According to Siumar, one major corruption risk stems from the draft […]
The latest revision of the government’s bill on mobilization lacks a provision to ensure a reliable rotation of troops in the Ukrainian military, the Chair of the parliamentary Defense Committee, Oleksandr Zavitnevych, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Feb. 2. “We have repeatedly raised this issue in the committee,” said Zavitnevych. Read also: Ukrainian […]
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi will present the revised version of the government’s mobilization reform bill to the Ukrainian parliament. According to the Jan. 30 registration of the document with the Ukrainian parliament, Umerov will spearhead the draft law, with Zaluzhnyi acting as a co-sponsor. Read also: MP Bezuhla’s […]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new bill on mobilization and sent it to the parliament, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko announced on Jan. 30. The text of the document has not been made public yet. The Cabinet registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on conscription issues on Dec 25. In the initial version, the proposed provisions […]
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is finalizing a new bill to address the urgent issue of service terms for soldiers who have been defending Ukraine since the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion. The Verkhovna Rada is expected to consider the bill, which will allow military personnel to be discharged after three years of continuous service, in early February. People are getting tired and need to […]