General mobilization has been announced in Ukraine and conscripts fear that they can be immediately sent to the front line. Ukrainian Bar Association in an article for ZN readers. UA explains that it is not. New mobilized are not sent to the front line.

Will the mobilized immediately be sent to the front line?

Not. Mobilized, who did not do military service, at the first stage are sent for appropriate professional training in training centers.

Now training takes place in a shortened time frame and ranges from 7 to 20 days, depending on the complexity of the specialty.

After completing the training, the servicemen depart to recruit units (military units), including. those who are fighting.

Combined arms training is divided into initial and basic.

Initial training is carried out in order to form primary general military knowledge and special competencies among citizens..

Basic training is carried out with the aim of preparing a citizen who is able to perform a task both in peacetime and in wartime, in combat conditions, and to assist him in obtaining primary knowledge, skills and abilities in handling and using weapons; actions on the battlefield (movement and orientation on the ground); provision of pre-medical care, as well as primary psychological care (self-help); dealing with improvised explosive devices and the formation of stable moral and psychological qualities necessary for the defense of Ukraine.

If you were sent to the front line without training and skills in weapons, contact the hotline of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine by phone: 0-800-500-410, 0-800-500-442, 044-454-44-99. For a prompt response to a violation, it is necessary to indicate the full name of the mobilized person and the number of the military unit where he was sent.

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Answers to other main questions on mobilization can be found in the article of the Ukrainian Bar Association “Mobilization in Ukraine: who will be drafted into the army during the war”.