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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

Russia forces Ukrainian citizens in occupied Donetsk Oblast into its army

Russian so-called authorities has launched a draft mechanism under the guise of "training exercises" in the temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast, the National Resistance Center (NRC) wrote on Feb. 18.

19 February 2025, 08:10 AM

Ukraine drafts generous service contract to attract recruits aged 18-24

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry will soon start offering one-year contracts with high financial compensation to attract citizens aged 18 to 24 into military service, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters on Feb. 7.

8 February 2025, 01:39 AM

Rules for communicating with conscripts being developed for TCC, says officer

The Land Forces of Ukraine are developing rules for conscripts during mobilization events, Vitaliy Sarantsev, a representative of the Armed Forces, said on Feb. 7.

7 February 2025, 01:38 PM

Martial law and conscription in Ukraine extended until May 9

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws extending martial law and conscription in Ukraine from Feb. 8 to May 9, 2025, according to legislative bills 4220-IX and 4221-IX.

5 February 2025, 06:50 PM

Businesses request extensions on draft deferment applications for employees

Ukraine's European Business Association (EBA) has requested the Cabinet to extend the current employee mobilization deferments by two months and move the deadline for new applications to April 30.

30 January 2025, 01:19 AM

No draft for 18-year-olds: NSDC shuts down student mobilization rumors

Mobilizing 18-year-old citizens in Ukraine is not possible, as the legally established minimum age for conscription is 25, said Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), on Jan. 20.

20 January 2025, 04:09 PM

Ukraine’s military held back by training and command issues, officer says

With plenty of personnel, equipment, and ammunition, the Ukrainian military needs to resolve pressing issues with its training and command structures, Cpt. Serhii Filimonov, commander of the 108th Separate Battalion, told NV on Jan. 14.

14 January 2025, 08:36 PM

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