On April 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Mobilization Law, which is expected to solve the problem of the lack of soldiers in Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of that country.
It is a law that was passed by the Ukrainian parliament on April 11 and will regulate the way citizens are recruited, after months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to soften the original draft that was unpopular.
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The law, among other things, obliges Ukrainians between the ages of 18 and 60 to notify military authorities of their personal information, so recruitment offices will be able to more easily see who can be mobilized in which region.
Able-bodied men will be required by law to carry a registration document issued by the draft office at all times, while draft officers will be allowed to ask for the document on the street.
Although lawmakers relaxed some provisions related to military service avoidance, the Act allows punishment for avoiding service.
The law does not set any time limit for military service, which means that soldiers who have been fighting since the beginning of the invasion, that is, since February 2022, do not yet know when they will be demobilized.
Due to the state of war, men of military age are prohibited from going abroad, but there is no procedure for calling up Ukrainian men who are out of state.
However, the new law provides that Ukrainians who need consular services, such as passport renewals, may be required to provide military registration documents.
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