President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law allowing territorial defense to carry out tasks in areas where hostilities are taking place. This is evidenced by the bill card No. 6521.

With the help of the document, changes were made to a number of provisions of the Law of Ukraine "

The paragraph of the first part of the third article of the third has been changed, in which the draft law proposes to exclude the restriction of the performance of tasks by territorial defense precisely at the time of deployment within such territory of a grouping of troops and/or a grouping of joint forces intended for military operations to repel armed aggression against Ukraine.

Also, changes were made to the first part of Article 20 of the Law of Ukraine " The document provides for the possibility of territorial defense to perform tasks throughout Ukraine, including areas of military operations..

As noted on the BP website, Zelensky signed the law only on June 10, although the bill itself was created on January 18.. The Verkhovna Rada adopted law No. 6521 on May 6.

Recall that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the recognition of volunteers of the Territorial Defense as war veterans. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting on March 15. 344 deputies voted for the bill.