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Ukraine bill may ease travel restrictions for men under 25

Ukraine’s parliament registered bill No. 13685, which could permit men under 24 to travel abroad, according to the document published on the Verkhovna Rada’s website on Aug. 22.

25 August 2025, 04:20 PM

Prosecutor’s Office links Kyiv Metro chief’s escape to former enlistment head

The former head of a district military enlistment office in Kyiv has been notified of suspicion over aiding the illegal departure of the former head of Kyiv Metro abroad, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on July 30.

30 July 2025, 02:18 PM

Rada approves military contracts for those over 60

The Ukrainian parliament adopted a law permitting individuals aged 60 and older, who are in good health and wish to continue serving, to enter contracts for military service, Golos MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on July 16.

16 July 2025, 06:05 PM

Martial law and mobilization to stretch into late 2025 - Ukrainian MP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted draft laws to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) proposing to extend martial law and general mobilization in the country, the official website wrote on July 14.

14 July 2025, 12:30 PM

Russia targets Ukraine’s conscription with recruitment center strikes

Russian forces launch drone strikes on military recruitment centers in an effort to disrupt the country’s conscription process, Vitaliy Sarantsev, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Land Forces Command, told public broadcaster Suspilne on July 3.

3 July 2025, 03:10 PM

Defense Ministry has no plans to lower conscription age below 25

Ukraine does not plan to conscript young men under 25, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in an interview with Babel outlet, published on June 27.

27 June 2025, 02:19 PM

War is more important than consumption: Economic policy must not lose focus

A couple of days ago, I heard bankers at the Verkhovna Rada Committee boasting about how their consumer lending is growing. This shows they either completely fail to grasp the macroeconomic situation or refuse to acknowledge their responsibility in a country at war.

13 June 2025, 11:02 AM

Ukraine’s parliament backs bill for men over 60 to serve voluntarily

Ukraine’s legislature passed in its first reading on June 4 a bill allowing men aged 60 and older to voluntarily serve in the Defense Forces under a one-year contract, MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported on Telegram.

4 June 2025, 04:12 PM

Moscow demands halting mobilization and military aid to Ukraine in exchange for ceasefire

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said Moscow is prepared to agree to a ceasefire if Kyiv stops mobilization and its Western allies cease arms shipments, the BBC reported on May 30.

31 May 2025, 02:11 AM

Ukraine allows service with managed HIV, hepatitis, mental disorders

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, effective Aug. 25, 2025, expanded military service eligibility to include individuals with clinically cured tuberculosis, managed HIV, mild hepatitis, and certain mental disorders, as part of a military medical commission reform, jointly developed with the Ministry of Health.

12 May 2025, 01:35 PM

Security Service detains four, including Constitutional Court official, in draft evasion schemes

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police dismantled several schemes enabling conscription evasion, arresting four key organizers, including a scientific consultant to a Constitutional Court judge, the SBU reported on Telegram on April 18.

18 April 2025, 05:30 PM

Rada extends martial law and mobilization for 90 more days, with Honcharenko the lone vote against

Ukraine’s parliament extended martial law and general mobilization for 90 more days until Aug. 6, Holos MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on April 16 via Telegram.

16 April 2025, 12:43 PM

Zelenskyy submits bills to extend martial law and mobilization through Aug. 6

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 15 submitted bills to Ukraine’s parliament proposing to extend martial law and the country’s general mobilization.

15 April 2025, 12:07 PM

Syrskyi: Around 350,000 troops would leave if demobilization were allowed after three years of service

If Ukraine allowed troops to demobilize after three years of service, about 350,000 soldiers would leave the military this April, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with LB.ua published on April 9.

9 April 2025, 05:45 PM

Demobilization limbo: 100,000 troops await decision as bill hits wall

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry prepared a draft law on demobilization back in January, but the General Staff of the Armed Forces has not approved it, fearing it would require the simultaneous discharge of about 108,000 service members, NV’s sister publication Ukrainska Pravda reported on April 7.

7 April 2025, 02:20 PM

Lviv military recruitment center responds to viral video of scuffle

A group of women in Lviv attempted to free a man detained by Territorial Recruitment Center officers on April 1, sparking a scuffle caught on video, the Lviv Oblast TRC reported on Facebook.

2 April 2025, 04:13 PM

Russia's massive conscription drive aims to compensate for military losses

Russia's Ministry of Defense plans to conscript 160,000 individuals this spring, the largest draft in 14 years, as part of its strategy to compensate for significant military losses and sustain its war efforts in Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Counteracting Disinformation’s message on Telegram on April 1.

1 April 2025, 06:05 PM

Unacceptable and escalating: Lubinets warns of rising enlistment office violations

The number of reported rights violations during mobilization activities by territorial recruitment center staff has risen in 2025, with the nature of these violations changing, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said in a Telegram post on March 21.

21 March 2025, 02:42 PM

Over 13,000 Ukrainians entered Romania illegally in 2024

In 2024, over 13,000 Ukrainian men illegally crossed the border into Romania, Florin Coman, head of the Territorial Inspectorate of the Border Police (ITPF) in Sighetu Marmației, announced on Feb. 25.

26 February 2025, 02:06 AM

Russia’s 2022 draftees forced into endless military service under threat

Russia’s military command is coercing men mobilized in 2022 to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense due to a severe shortage of experienced troops, the UK Defense Ministry intelligence report wrote on Feb. 21.

21 February 2025, 03:00 PM

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