The Verkhovna Rada allowed Ukrainians to serve after the age of 60, as the security and defense sector needs unique specialists. At the same time, there is no talk of forced mobilization.
This was announced by People's Deputy, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Fedor Venislavsky during a briefing.
"There can be no mandatory mobilization of 60+. 60 years old means that a person is removed from the register. Only with their voluntary consent, only on a contractual basis, can they continue their service," he explained.
Venislavsky added that currently in the defense sector there are already people over 60 years old who perform specific tasks. Moreover, many achievements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have occurred thanks to the participation of such specialists who are perfectly familiar with Soviet weapons.
"I can say that the events that were written about, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did this for the first time in history, some of these events took place with the participation of specialists aged 60+. Because it concerned Soviet weapons that can be used and that people 60+ know perfectly, officers first of all," — he explained.
