Due to Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, general mobilization and martial law have been introduced. Men liable for military service from 18 to 60 years old are subject to mobilization. Lawyer Marina Bekalo told whether men under 27 years old can be called up if they have not completed military service.

Can those who have not completed military service be called up?.

She stressed that the issues of conscription for military service and military service during mobilization are regulated by separate norms of legislation, therefore, men aged 18 to 27 can be mobilized, despite the abolition of the autumn conscription for military service..

According to Art.. 15 of the Law of Ukraine on military duty and military service, the draft age for military service is from 18 to 27 years, but according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine, all men from 18 to 60 years old are subject to mobilization.

“That is, today, the conscription of children from 18 to 27 years old for military service has been canceled.. However, this does not apply to conscription for military service during mobilization.. After all, today the legal regime of wartime is in force and mobilization has been announced in accordance with the Decrees of the President of 24. 02. 2022, which continues every 90 days. That is, mobilization was announced among reservists and men liable for military service of military age by Presidential Decree No. 69/2022,”? Bekalo explained.

The expert noted that the draft age for military service starts at 18 years old, and the maximum draft age among persons: privates, sergeants and senior officers, junior and senior officers is up to 60 years under article 22 of the law on military duty and military service.

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During martial law and general mobilization, all men from 18-60 years old are considered liable for military service.

Bekalo stressed that those who did not do military service (military department) are also called up during mobilization if they have passed the VVK and were found fit for service and have no other grounds for delay. Such men must undergo primary combat training, they are distributed among military units, given a military specialty, the rank of private.

Who can be asked to sign a contract.

The lawyer explained that for the period of mobilization, the contract is signed with military personnel with military ranks, reservists and persons liable for military service, who have relevant combat experience and training..

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“And already at the expense of mobilized persons who do not have experience, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are understaffed, they first undergo combat training in training centers, after which they are distributed among military units and sent to the appropriate areas of hostilities,” Bekalo summed up..

Earlier, the Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov, said whether they would increase the pace of mobilization in Ukraine.