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Ukraine's General Staff to use updated data for targeted conscription

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will select individuals for conscription from those who have updated their information, Deputy Defense Minister Kateryna Chernohorenko said in a July 15 interview with the YouTube channel ePytannya.

16 July 2024, 12:01 PM

Ukrainian draft offices set record for military registration fines

The Enforcement Service has received nearly 12,000 fines for military registration violations from draft offices since the beginning of the year, reported monitoring channel Opendatabot on July 10.a

10 July 2024, 10:46 AM

Over 400,000 reports filed on Ukrainian draft dodgers

Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian draft offices have issued more than 180,000 administrative reports for violations of military registration and over 400,000 reports on draft dodgers, according to data from the Ministry of Defense provided to lawyer Roman Lykhachov, NV reported on July 9.

9 July 2024, 05:59 PM

Mobilization in Ukraine from July 1 - main highlights

NV reveals on who and how can be conscripted from July 1 since new rules on mobilization and military accounting entered in force in Ukraine since May 18.

1 July 2024, 01:28 PM

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

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