The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence has finalized the final version of the draft law on mobilization for the second reading. The final version of the draft law on mobilization, which is being submitted to the parliament, was published by Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy.

The draft law contains the following key provisions:

• The right to demobilization for persons with disabilities remains unchanged;
• Possibility of demobilization for those who were in captivity;
• Limitedly fit persons have the right to be reviewed within 12 months;
• Servicemen entering into their first contract receive a 50% compensation of the first installment of the loan;
• Medical examination to determine fitness for service for those who became disabled after February 24, 2022, except for military personnel; 
• Monthly payments of UAH 70 thousand to those who take part in hostilities.

The draft law also contains restrictions for those who avoid military service:

• Men aged 18 to 60 without military registration documents will not have access to consular services;
• Restrictions on driving vehicles for men of the appropriate age at the request of the Territorial Centers of the Qualification Commission.

As reported, the provision on demobilization was removed from the mobilization bill No. 10449, which is being prepared for the second reading. Previously, it was planned to set a limit of 36 months of service before demobilization. This was confirmed by MP, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security Oleksandr Fediyenko.

It is worth noting that according to the draft law, men aged 18 to 60 will have their military ID checked at the border. Draft Law 10449 states that every man aged 18 to 60, regardless of his suitability for service or the availability of deferments, must have a military ID card. He is obliged to present it at the request of police officers, employees of territorial military commissariats and border guards, both at checkpoints and in the border zone.

Consular services abroad will be possible only if military registration documents are available. This means that a military ID will be required to receive consular assistance abroad.

Consulates will also require a military ID even from 18-year-old Ukrainians who traveled abroad before that age. This means that such young people will have to return to their homeland and register with the territorial military commissariats to obtain a military ID and to be able to apply for documents abroad.

In addition, the new draft law on mobilization exempted two categories of citizens who care for people with disabilities from the army.

The first category is family members of the first degree of kinship who support a person with a disability of group I or II and provide them with constant care.

The second category is family members of the second degree of kinship. They can be exempted from military duty provided that there are no first-degree family members or they are physically unable to provide care, as confirmed by the conclusion of the Military Medical Commission.