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The Verkhovna Rada is not considering lowering the mobilization age to 50–55 years. LB.ua reported this to Members of Parliament who are members of the defense committee.
Oleksandr Fedienko (“Servant of the People”) noted that there had been no meeting about this with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the Ministry of Defense. However, discussions on this topic have been going on for a long time, with the need to discuss it coming “from below” — from the soldiers on the front. According to him, such a decision does not require changing the law.
- It will be enough for an order from the Commander-in-Chief or the commander of the Ground Forces to limit mobilization orders to people up to 50 years old. But even if legislative changes are needed, I am confident they will be quickly supported, he said.
Another “Servant of the People” member, Fedir Venislavsky, said that changes to the law lowering the conscription age from 60 to 55 or 50 are unlikely in the near future.
People’s Deputy Iryna Friz (“European Solidarity”) stressed that in the last two years — since amendments to the mobilization law were introduced — at no committee meeting have there been proposals from the General Staff or the Ministry of Defense to adjust the conscription age.
According to her, when similar ideas occasionally surfaced in the information space, she repeatedly directly asked representatives of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense — albeit from the previous composition — and they replied that they did not see a need to introduce any changes.
Sources also assured that lowering the lower bound of the conscription age is not currently being considered. According to Venislavsky, no legislative changes to lower the conscription age below 25 years have been registered, and a hypothetically introduced bill would not have a chance of passing.
- There are no prospects in the short or medium term for lowering the mobilization age below 25 years, he said.
The topic of lowering the upper limit of mobilization age from 60 to 50–55 years has returned to public space after recent statements by Román Kostenko, secretary of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security, defense and intelligence (Golos), about preparing “radical” changes by the General Staff.
Mobilization of women in Ukraine is not conducted and is not being prepared — the Council made an official statement.
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