The Prime Minister gave the government instructions regarding Ukrainians not registered for military service

Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretsky instructed a review to determine the exact number of service-members who left military units on their own and of citizens who are not registered for military service. This was reported by Member of Parliament Oleksandr Fediyienko, as cited by Glavkom.

According to the legislator, the government must determine up-to-date figures regarding soldiers who are in the assigned service and Ukrainians who are not registered for military service.

“Serhiy Koretsky gave an instruction to conduct a review and study to determine the currently accurate figure for those who are in the assigned service, and for those Ukrainian citizens who are evading and not on military records,” Fediyienko wrote.

The document provides for considering the issue and informing within the statutory deadline. Among the recipients are Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Denys Shmyhal, the State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Kostyantyn Marievych, the head of the SBU Oleksandr Poklad, and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Oleh Ivashchenko.

A directive from the prime minister

photo: Oleksandr Fediyienko

Fediyienko believes that to establish the number of citizens outside military registration one can cross-check the registry data of servicemen with the State Tax Service. At the same time, the specific results of such a check have not been disclosed yet.

According to the deputy, more than 60 members of parliament from various parliamentary factions are seeking to determine whether the government has precise data on the number of conscripts who are not registered.

Fediyienko also criticized the government's focus on reconsidering the rules for reserving workers in certain professions. In his view, this concerns only a portion of the potential mobilization resource, while the number of people outside military registration could be significantly larger. However, the figures he cited are not an officially confirmed statistic.

Earlier Koretsky stated the intention to review the criteria for reservist workers’ eligibility. The prime minister explained this as a response to the growing number of deferments and the need to prevent possible abuses.