The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has developed several versions of a draft law that should regulate the terms of military service. The document is being discussed in the government and with the military-political leadership, but the timing of its submission to the Verkhovna Rada has not yet been determined.
This was announced on November 13 by Deputy Minister of Defense Liubov Halan during the hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada, answering a question from People's Deputy Oleksii Honcharenko.
According to Halan, coordination of the future provisions of the draft law is ongoing, in particular the choice of wording and mechanisms for its implementation. The deputy minister did not specify which terms of service are provided for in the prepared versions.
Honcharenko reminded that the issue of legislative definition of terms of service has remained unresolved since 2024. At that time, during the adoption of the new law on mobilization, provisions on the demobilization of military personnel after a certain period of service were removed from the document. Instead, the government was instructed to prepare a separate draft law.
In response to a question about the timing of its submission, Halan noted that work on the document is ongoing "very actively." She did not name a specific date for the completion of coordination or the transfer of the draft law to parliament.
Currently, for mobilized military personnel, legislation does not establish a single maximum term of service, after which they automatically have the right to discharge. At the same time, from June 2026, a separate program of motivational contracts with defined service terms is in effect in Ukraine, but it does not solve the issue of demobilization of all mobilized personnel.
Thus, the preparation of new versions of the draft law does not yet mean a change in current rules. To introduce a general mechanism for determining service terms, government approval, submission of the document to the Verkhovna Rada, and its adoption by parliament are required.
Separately, Liubov Halan reported that the Ministry of Defense has prepared a draft government resolution on the procurement of services for the transportation to Ukraine of foreigners who wish to join the Defense Forces. Currently, the document is undergoing internal coordination within the ministry and has not yet been approved by the government.
Based on materials from: Oleksii Honcharenko, Novyny.LIVE, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
