Ukrainian Parliament Adopts Bill on Toughening Mobilization in First Reading - Lawmaker
20240207
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday adopted in the first reading a bill on toughening of mobilization, Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko said.
"The Rada has adopted as a basis of a government bill on mobilization. 243 votes in support," Goncharenko said on Telegram.
Volodymyr Zelensky said in December 2023 that he had been approached by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a request to recruit an additional 450,000-500,000 men for the army. The government submitted a draft law on mobilization to parliament. The minimum age for mobilization was lowered from 27 to 25 years. The bill caused outrage in the country and was sent back for revision.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on January 30 that a new draft law setting out "transparent rules for the mobilization process, as well as necessary regulation of the rights of servicemen and conscripts," was sent to the country's parliament.
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