Can I serve at the place of residence during the war – a lawyer’s explanation

Can you serve at your place of residence

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At the beginning of a full -scale invasion, some categories of military personnel were entitled to serve at the place of residence. However, changes in the organization of the process have already taken place at the legislative level.

In 2025, the military cannot count on a guaranteed residence service.

What changes you need to know to those who were entitled to the service closer to the house, said the lawyer Kateryna Anishchenko for ”Up. Life”.

Is it possible to serve at the place of residence in general? In May 2024 in Article 23 of the Law of Ukraine ”About mobilization and mobilization training” Changes have been made. As of 2025, the document lacks service regulations ”exclusively at the place of residence”.

“During the legal regime of martial law and the general mobilization of the passage of service exclusively at the place of residence is impossible”, – The lawyer explains.

It is worth noting that with innovations Some servicemen have lost a guarantee for residence.

Prior to the entry into force of these changes, some categories of military personnel were allowed to serve at the place of residence. In particular:

• parents of three or more underage children;
• single parents;
• guardians and foster parents of a minor child (children) with disabilities;
• guardians and foster parents of children with serious illness;
• parents of a minor child (children) and or II disability groups;
• guardians and foster parents of minor orphans;
• engaged in constant care for a sick wife (husband), a child, as well as his parents or wife (husband);
• those who have a disability of I or group II;
• those who have one of the parents (parents of wife/husband) with disability of the first group;
• the guardians of the incapacitated person with disabilities;
• engaged in constant care of a person with disabilities of group I or II or for a person in need of constant care;
• Parents of a minor child (children) whose husband (wife) is in military service.

Since the law excluded the norm that these categories can serve only at the place of residence, From now on The place of military service of such military personnel may not coincide with their place of residence.

In order to be able to serve at your place of residence, you need to go to your military command. Further The commander decides to transfer a military man to the rest or refuses him.

“If the military is already serving at the place of residence, they can be sent for any dislocation, recommended for any military unit, and such actions will be absolutely legitimate”, – The lawyer summarizes.

In addition, even if the contract of serviceman is stated that part of it is located near his place of residence, this does not guarantee that the defender will not be able to transfer to another place of service.