The Defense Ministry has prepared a demobilization bill, but the General Staff does not support it

Representatives of the Ministry of Defense have prepared a draft law on demobilization. However, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not support the document, as its adoption and implementation will lead to one hundred thousand experienced military personnel.

Source: The article of the UE “What is the demobilization? We have ocopes empty.” Will the authorities determine clear service life “, the response of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces to the requests of” Ukrainian Truth ”

Literally from the article: “The draft law on dismissal and rotation of the soldiers during the martial law is ready, the Ministry of Defense was informed in response to a request from the UP at the end of January 2025. However, the General Staff of the Armed Forces did not support the document, so government officials did not register it in parliament.”

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Details: Allegedly, if the Verkhovna Rada approves this project, it will be necessary to demobilize “a considerable number of servicemen, which will lead to a significant decrease in staffing of combat units.” According to several UE interlocutors in parliament, it is about 108,000 soldiers, including 14,000 officers.

“Ukrainian Truth” updated its request to the Ministry of Defense for the “demobilization” of the bill on March 27. The answer has not been received.

The members of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence also asked the Ministry to inform how the document was being prepared. IUU received a response from the sources in the UE parliament. The situation has not changed – the project is ready, but the General Staff against.

The key provisions of the “demobilization” of the Ministry of Defense, which does not support the General Staff of the Armed Forces:

Prehistory:

• On April 11, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on mobilization.
• On the initiative of the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky, the Regulations on the dismissal of the military from service were excluded from the document.
• The Verkhovna Rada obliged the Ministry of Defense to develop a bill with the relevant norms for eight months.
• At first, government officials promised to work the document by December 18, 2024, and later asked to postpone the deadline by March 18, 2025.