Mobilization in Ukraine: can limited fit men be drafted into the army

06 February 2023, 09:30 | Ukraine 
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General mobilization and martial law continue in Ukraine, which were introduced due to the full-scale military aggression of Russia. Men liable for military service between the ages of 18 and 60 are subject to mobilization..

The head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Roman Gorbach, in a commentary to the Military Media Center, explained whether those persons whom the military medical commissions (VVK) recognized as limited fit for service due to health reasons can serve in the army.

He noted that men of limited fitness will be able to serve in military support units..

“Conscripts who are limitedly fit for military service in wartime can be mobilized, but their service will take place not in combat units, but in military support units,” Gorbach said..

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Also, persons who are partially fit may serve in institutions and educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in territorial recruitment and social support centers, in other non-combat units.

In Ukraine, during martial law, the military medical commission may provide an opinion on the suitability or unfitness of a person liable for military service and recognize him as partially fit or partially unfit. Earlier we wrote what limited fitness for military service is and where such persons can serve..

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