Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak signed an order on the call of reserve officers for military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This was announced at the briefing by the head of the Main Directorate of Personnel - Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine Artur Artemenko.

"I received information that the minister signed an order to call an officer's reserve for military service on conscription. Now the order will be sent to the Ministry of Justice. The term of conscription is 18 months ", - he said at a briefing on Tuesday in Kiev.

Also, Artemenko summed up the draft campaign "Spring-2017", during which 14 thousand. 135 Ukrainians aged 20-27 years. In t. In the Armed Forces of Ukraine were called 9 thousand.

137 persons, in the National Guard - 4 thousand. 200 persons, State Special Transport Service - 800 persons.

Earlier, the legal service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine explained that the conscription officers will be compulsorily trained for three months in the training centers of the Armed Forces, after which they will be appointed to primary officer posts in military units that do not participate in the military special operation in the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.