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A bill has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada proposing a one-time 90-day postponement from mobilization for citizens liable for military service who return to Ukraine from abroad. The corresponding document No.16034 was registered on 4 September 2026.
The proposal concerns amendments to Article 23 of the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization.” The bill’s authors propose granting the postponement to citizens who, as of 24 February 2022, were outside Ukraine or who lawfully left after that date and remained continuously abroad until the moment of return.
For 90 calendar days after entering Ukraine, such persons would not be called up for military service during mobilization without their consent.
The same postponement is separately provided for citizens returning from temporarily occupied territories. It would apply for 90 days from the moment the person arrives in territory controlled by Ukraine.
It is envisaged that the postponement would be granted automatically based on information from state registers. That is, the person would not need to additionally contact the Territorial Recruitment Centers and Social Protection (TCC and SP), submit an application, or collect documents to obtain it.
The postponement could be used only once. A subsequent departure abroad would not create the right to a new 90 days after returning.
The initiative’s authors believe that such a mechanism could become an incentive for Ukrainians who have been abroad for a long time to return. In particular, the 90-day period is intended to provide an opportunity to adapt after returning, resolve everyday matters, find employment, and restore ties in Ukraine.
One reason some men of conscription age are reluctant to return from abroad is fear of subsequent mobilization. Among those fears is the assumption that after crossing the Ukrainian border a man could be immediately sent to the Territorial Recruitment Center and conscripted into military service.
If the initiative is adopted, the proposed mechanism should remove this barrier: after returning a person would have a guaranteed 90-day period without forced mobilization.
The bill’s initiators include Members of Parliament Serhiy Kozyr, Yevheniy Brahar, Ruslan Horbenko, Vitaliy Voytsekhovskyi, Heorhiy Mazurashu, and other parliamentarians.
As of 5 September 2026 the bill No.16034 has only been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It has not yet become law, so the 90-day postponement is not in effect at this time.
Recall that a bill was registered in the Verkhovna Rada proposing sweeping changes to language legislation. The document proposes increasing fines for violations, expanding the list of persons required to use the Ukrainian language, and introducing new requirements for business, education, and culture.
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