Vladimir Zelensky signed a law allowing deserters to voluntarily return to military service, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada website reported Thursday.
On the website of the Ukrainian parliament, under the bill amending the law “On conscription and military service”, a note appeared on Thursday saying that the document had been returned with Zelensky’s signature.
Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Gerashchenko Earlier it was reported that the Parliament of Ukraine approved the draft law on defection in the second reading. According to the document, military personnel who voluntarily return to service within 72 hours will be able to renew their contract and receive all corresponding payments and social guarantees. According to her, we are talking only about a one-time permit, it is an opportunity for those who left the part without permission to return to it.
Previously, a lawyer for the Ukrainian center for support of veterans and their families. Romano Likhachev reported that since 2022, more than 100 thousand cases of unauthorized abandonment of units have been recorded in Ukraine.
A martial law regime has been introduced in Ukraine since February 24, 2022; The next day, Zelensky signed a general mobilization decree. Men between 18 and 60 years old are prohibited from leaving Ukraine during the martial law period. For evasion of military service during mobilization, the country provides for criminal liability in the form of imprisonment of up to five years.
