The Verkhovna Rada has passed a law that provides a one-year deferral from mobilization for young people who served in military service under a contract during martial law. About this reported the Press Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
In particular, under the new law, conscripts and reservists aged 18 to 25 who served a year under a contract during martial law and were discharged on grounds specified by law are not subject to conscription for 12 months after discharge.
243 MPs voted for a one-year deferment from mobilization for contract soldiers. Thus, the law creates a certain "grace period" for contract soldiers, while at the same time allowing them to return to the army at their own request.
It is worth noting that in order for the adopted law to come into force, it must be signed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. It is noted that the law comes into force on the day after its publication.
