The third group is being mobilized: those who were left with the right to deferment under the new draft law
The new draft law on mobilization clarified and expanded the list of persons entitled to deferment. The text of the draft law No. 10378 is published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
In particular, the right to postpone military service during mobilization is granted to the following:
→ persons with disability of group I or II or temporarily unfit for health reasons for up to six months;
→ persons whose spouse is a person with a disability of group I or II and/or one of their parents or the parents of their spouse is a person with a disability of group I or II, provided that such persons with disabilities have chosen a person liable for military service to care for them;
→ women who are on maternity leave until the child reaches the age of three, as well as if the child needs home care for a period not exceeding the home care for a period specified in a medical report, but not more than until the child reaches the age of six;
→ pregnant women;
In addition, current MPs of Ukraine and members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea are entitled to deferment from the draft;
According to the draft law, the following persons are not subject to military service during mobilization or for a special period:
→ applicants for vocational (vocational-technical), professional pre-university and higher education who are enrolled in full-time or dual forms of education and obtain a level of education that is higher than the one previously obtained in one specialty (profession), as well as doctoral students enrolled in full-time or dual forms of education;
→ scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers of higher and professional higher education institutions, scientific institutions and organizations who have an academic title and/or a scientific degree, and pedagogical workers of professional higher education, scientific institutions and organizations with academic titles and/or academic degrees, and pedagogical staff of institutions of professional higher education, vocational (vocational-technical) education, general secondary education, provided that they work respectively in higher or professional higher education institutions, scientific institutions and organizations, institutions of vocational (vocational-technical) or general secondary education at their main place of work on full-time.
In addition, persons liable for military service during mobilization are not subject to call-up from among citizens who served and were discharged from the reserve in connection with the release from captivity.
It is noted that they can be called upon with their consent.
