Ukraine announces general mobilization due to Russian military invasion. There are situations when a person is sent to the front who, according to the law, is not subject to mobilization. For example, a man who cares for parents with disabilities.

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Lawyer of the Riyako \u0026 Partners law firm, member of the Ukrainian Bar Association Kateryna Anishchenko in an exclusive commentary to ZN. UA told how to act in such a situation.

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If you receive a summons, you need to come to the military registration and enlistment office at the appointed time, however, in addition to your military ID and summons, I recommend that you have an application for a deferment from conscription during mobilization with the relevant documents confirming that you are caring for the person. This statement is written in two copies.. We hand over one copy with annexes to it to the office of the military registration and enlistment office, and on the other (this is your copy) we receive a mark from the person, the employee of the military registration and enlistment office about receiving the type of application. If you refuse to accept this application, you must send it by Ukrposhta on the same day by a valuable letter with a description of the attachment to the address of the military registration and enlistment office.

Be that as it may, after appearing at the military registration and enlistment office in order to clarify the data, you will be given a referral for the passage of the VVK (military medical commission). And only after its passage, the issue of granting a deferment from conscription will be considered.. If you have done everything necessary in advance regarding the submission of the application and relevant documents, there will be no questions for you at the military registration and enlistment office.

I know cases when employees of military registration and enlistment offices abuse their rights, neglecting the provisions of the law and do not accept documents or “they are lost somewhere”, in confirmation of the fact that close relatives of a military man have a disability.

In this case, I repeat again, I advise you to send an application for a deferment from conscription for military service during mobilization with the relevant documents to the address of the military registration and enlistment office in a valuable letter describing the attachment and try to sign it through the office of the military registration and enlistment office.

Documents confirming the care of a person with a disability are:.

certificate (its notarized copy) of MSEC on the presence of a disability group in a person;

documents (their notarized copies) confirming family ties (birth certificate, marriage certificate) with a person who has a disability.

It is also better to add a document confirming the common place of residence, for example - The act of establishing the fact of caring for one of your parents or the parents of your wife (spouse), or documents (certificate, certificates) on receiving compensation (assistance, allowances) for care (for guardians).

If, however, a man is already serving, but he has a father, mother, wife or parents of the wife of a person with a disability, then if the above documents are available, it is necessary to submit a report to the unit commander with a request to be dismissed from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the basis of Art.. 26 of the Law of Ukraine " At this point in time, this is the most relevant article for dismissal. The serviceman is transferred to the reserve and, accordingly, departs from the military unit to the place of his registration..

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