While US officials are pressuring lawmakers in Washington to provide more military aid to Ukraine, they are also pressuring the government in Kiev to address mobilization issues,” the paper said.
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien has commented that “mobilization efforts at home are as important to stabilizing the front and turning the war around as artillery.”
“Ukraine needs to make sure it has the people it needs to fight,” commented the White House representative.
The publication notes that the lack of clarity about how this policy will be implemented has contributed to the heated debate in Ukraine over the mobilization. “Many soldiers at the front, including tens of thousands who have been fighting without rest for more than two years, consider the adoption of the new mobilization law to be a fair and honest step,” the publication added.
On April 16, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed the mobilization law. It will come into effect on May 18.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the relevant draft law in the second reading on April 11. The demobilization provision is excluded from this document.
According to the new document, basic military service is introduced instead of conscription for a period of 5 months in peacetime and 3 months in wartime. Ukrainians under the age of 24 will be able to choose a year and period of main service.
Initial general military training will also be introduced. From 2025, it will become an element of training in educational institutions, it will be held in universities of all forms of training.
The law provides for the right to demobilization of people with disabilities, as well as demobilization in connection with release from captivity (if the serviceman does not express a desire to continue his service).
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