The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with people's deputies, is completing the revision of a bill that provides for strengthening liability for evasion of military service and unauthorized abandonment of a unit (UAOU). The document has been in the Verkhovna Rada for a long time.
This was announced on November 13 by Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi during a question hour to the government.
According to the head of government, the Ministry of Defense is currently finalizing changes to the bill together with parliamentarians. Strengthening liability for hiding from military service and UAOU was named by the prime minister as one of the three areas of updating mobilization policy.
The other two areas are improving the system of reservation of conscripts and preparing new mobilization rules, which the government conditionally calls a "social contract".
Koretskyi noted that the changes should ensure the replenishment of military units and create prerequisites for the rotation of servicemen who have been at the front for a long time.
At the same time, the prime minister did not specify which sanctions are proposed to be strengthened, when the revision of the document will be completed, and when the Verkhovna Rada may proceed to its consideration.
Koretskyi announced his intention to strengthen liability for mobilization evasion and UAOU in an interview with BBC back on October 19. Then he announced the updating of the bill, which is already in parliament. The new statement clarifies that its revision is ongoing directly with the participation of the Ministry of Defense and deputies.
Until the corresponding changes are adopted by the parliament and enter into force, the current rules of liability for violations of the legislation remain unchanged.
Based on materials: session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, BBC
