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Conscription under 25: Examining rules and potential changes with new bill

Most Ukrainians believe that men under 25 without military experience cannot be conscripted, but recent news stories suggest otherwise.

28 June 2024, 04:21 PM

Serial killer joins Russian army to fight in Ukraine despite schizophrenia diagnosis

The Russian army has accepted another maniac into its ranks, sending him to war against Ukraine, the Astra Telegram channel reported on June 25.

26 June 2024, 11:25 AM

Ukraine's Reserve+ app helps streamline military record updates

1.1 million of those liable for military service who updated their data in the Reserve+ app after May 18 are eligible for conscription, said Defense Ministry spokesperson Dmytro Lazutkin, Armyinform reported on June 25.

25 June 2024, 01:06 PM

Russian courts handle over 10,000 cases of army service refusals

Russian military courts have received 10,025 criminal cases regarding refusal to serve in the army since 2022, the Russian publication Mediazona's data published on June 18 suggests.

19 June 2024, 11:46 AM

Ukraine recruits thousands of prisoners to fight in war, as military commanders compete for them – WP

More than 2,750 prisoners have been released in Ukraine to fight in the war, The Washington Post reported on June 16.

17 June 2024, 02:02 PM

Russia recruits female prisoners for Ukraine war – NYT

In late May, Russia released a group of women from prison to fight in the war against Ukraine, The New York Times reports, citing two former prisoners who are in contact with those still in jail on June 10.

11 June 2024, 03:12 PM

Ukraine approves 50% cap on conscription exemption for police officers and rescuers

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution allowing for the exemption from conscription, including State Emergency Service (SES) employees, in volumes not exceeding 50%, European Solidarity party MP Oleksiy Honcharenko reported on Telegram on June 5.

5 June 2024, 01:55 PM

Armed Forces: Newly mobilized receive compulsory training, immediate deployment to frontline prohibited

84% of citizens joining the army after mobilization are not immediately deployed to the front, with only those possessing combat experience potentially permitted for such duty, Ukraine’s Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with journalists.

3 June 2024, 03:34 PM

Convicts in Ukrainian Armed Forces capture Russian Soldier

Some of the first convicts to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already made their mark by capturing a Russian soldier, Deputy Minister of Justice Olena Vysotska said in an interview with Ukrainian outlet Hromadske on May 29.

30 May 2024, 11:30 AM

Former Odesa recruiter Yevhen Borysov arrested in Kyiv, faces new charges

Officers of the State Bureau of Investigation arrested Yevhen Borysov, the former head of the Odesa Oblast military recruitment center, again as he exited the pre-trial detention center, the SBI press service reported on May 28.

28 May 2024, 06:09 PM

Chairman of Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee proposes to raffle off conscripts reservations

Representative of the Servant of the People party, said that such an approach would be fair and compared it to the practice used in the United States in an interview with the Times of Ukraine on May 22.

23 May 2024, 10:57 AM

Driver conscription leads to bus service cuts in Mykolaiv, mayor says

Mykolaiv will see reduced bus service on city routes due to driver conscriptions, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych announced at a briefing on May 22.

22 May 2024, 01:34 PM

Ukraine mandates military service registration for female doctors and pharmacists

The Ukrainian government has excluded the provision according to which doctors and pharmacists who are not registered with a military commissariat could be employed as non-conscripts, according to a resolution dated May 16.

21 May 2024, 06:28 PM

Lowering conscription age to 25 can provide Ukrainian Armed Forces with 100,000 more recruits

Conscripting people from the age of 25 could add about 100,000 young soldiers to Ukrainian Armed Forces, NV's sister publication Ukrainska Pravda reported on May 16.

16 May 2024, 02:55 PM

Young vs. old: Differing opinions on mobilization in Ukraine — sociologist

Oleksiy Antypovych, director of the Rating Sociological Group, discussed the diverse opinions among Ukrainians about conscription in an interview with NV on May 12.

13 May 2024, 07:45 PM

Zelenskyy ignoring recruitment failures amid manpower shortages at front, says General Kryvonos

Supreme Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy is told what he wants to hear, and he does not want to hear about the failure of military recruitment, General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Kryvonos said in an interview with Radio NV on May 10

11 May 2024, 01:36 PM

Government changes procedure for exempting employees from conscription

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has amended the procedure responsible for allowing companies to exempt employees from military conscription, according to Resolution No. 520 of the Cabinet of Ministers, dated May 8.

10 May 2024, 01:18 PM

At least 28 lives lost in Tysa River during escape attempts from Ukraine – State Border Guard Service

Since the outbreak of Russia's full-scale invasion, 28 deaths have been recorded in the Tysa River among people who tried to illegally cross the border of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service's Andriy Demchenko said on national television on May 10.

10 May 2024, 11:54 AM

Ukraine anticipates thousands of convicts to join military service under new law

Several thousand people will want to be conditionally released from serving their sentences to perform contract military service during martial law, MP David Arakhamia, said on May 8, according to news agency Interfax-Ukraine.

9 May 2024, 02:15 PM

New law permits prisoners to join Ukraine's Armed Forces

The Ukrainian parliament passed bill on May 8, allowing certain categories of prisoners to be conscripted into the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported European Solidarity MP Oleksii Honcharenko.

8 May 2024, 05:29 PM

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