Consequences of Illegal Reservation: Will a Person Be Mobilized Immediately After Losing Their Status?

Illegal mobilization deferments may be canceled if it turns out that the person was not eligible for exemption from mobilization. But the police cannot immediately hold a citizen liable for violating military registration rules.

After verification, unlawful deferments will be canceled.

Loss of deferment is possible if, during the check, it is found that the person received it illegally. However, this does not mean that the person can be mobilized immediately afterward. This was explained in an interview with censor.net by the acting head of the National Police, Maksim Tsutskirdize.

If there is enough evidence to consider that the deferment was obtained without lawful grounds, it can be annulled. But for the person, it only means a loss of status. Such a mobilized person may be conscripted on general grounds. Territorial centers will not specifically "hunt" a citizen who has just lost the deferment.

Similarly, a person cannot be held liable immediately. Tsutskirdize noted that guilt in such a case would fall not only on the mobilized person but also on those who organized the scheme of illegal exemption from mobilization.

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To prove guilt, law enforcement must first determine how the person obtained the deferment, what documents they submitted for this, who helped them. Only after that can a decision be made on administrative or criminal liability.

The investigation must establish the role of each person: both the one who used the scheme and those who provided it for money,

— said the acting head of the National Police.

As a reminder, Maksim Tsutskirdize also noted that suspicions of possible abuses during mobilization were received by 76 heads of TCUs at various levels. Police know of nearly 2,5 thousand cases of illegal deferment. Also, more than 83,5 thousand decisions of the Military Registration and Enlistment Offices (VLK) were seized, of which 6,5 thousand decisions have already been canceled.

At the same time, since the beginning of 2026 year, recruitment centers have forwarded to the police more than 1,5 million requests regarding mobilization-designated citizens who are being sought for possible evasion of mobilization. In total, during the wartime state, the police opened more than 20 thousand criminal proceedings on evasion. Such cases are present practically in all regions.