““It’s a lie.” The CPD and the Council refuted the information about the draft law on lowering the mobilization age. The 17th brigade of NSU denied the involvement of its representative in spreading these rumors.”, — write on: unn.ua
“Information about the lowering of the mobilization age, the existence of some draft laws, is a lie,” wrote Andriy Kovalenko, head of the CSDP at the NSDC, in Telegram.
Also, the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security, defense and intelligence emphasized that there is no draft law on lowering the mobilization age in the Council.
“There were no draft laws on lowering the mobilization age from 25 to 18, neither in the Verkhovna Rada, nor in our specialized Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, in particular, and there are none. The information spread today in the mass media is false,” they pointed out. in the committee.
It was also noted that law-making activity is the competence of the parliament. Accordingly, the parliament can talk about which legislative initiatives are being worked on.
Context
The representative of the 17th Poltava Brigade of the National Guard, Serhiy Lunych, informed the online publication “Poltavshchyna” about the ready draft law on lowering the age of mobilization. According to him, the higher mobilization authorities allegedly instructed the military units in advance to prepare for the arrival of 20-year-old recruits, so that they would start combat training without wasting time.
It is worth noting that this publication has already been deleted.
In addition, the brigade also reacted to the publication. They indicated that Lunich did not make such comments. Ba is no longer an authorized person to comment on draft laws or amendments to them.
“In connection with the spread of unreliable information, which contains the mention of the representative of the 17th brigade of NSU Serhii Lunych and his alleged statement regarding the draft law on lowering the mobilization age from 25 to 18 years, we inform you of the following:
Serhiy Lunych did not make such comments! Recently, he has not been involved in media events and public appearances.
In addition, he is not a person in command of the brigade (neither commander nor deputy) and is not an authorized person to comment on draft laws or changes to them.
His job duties do not include access to information about legislative initiatives or their status, much less predicting their approval,” the brigade said in a statement.
We will remind
The President of Ukraine stated that currently the issue is the need for weapons, not people. In particular, Zelensky reminded that the Ukrainian army still has “bare” brigades that are not staffed.