“The right to defer from mobilization also have people who were legally recognized as deprived of personal freedom through armed aggression of the Russian Federation”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, now people who have been recognized as being deprived of personal freedom through armed aggression against Ukraine are also entitled to defer from mobilization.
“In order to confirm this right, such a person must provide an extract from the Unified Register of Persons who were illegally imprisoned as a result of the war,” Melnychuk stressed.
Earlier, in the fall of 2024, the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets urged to amend the legislation, namely for providing delay from mobilization for former civilian hostages.
He noted that “former prisoners of war have the right to be dismissed from military service if they have not expressed a desire to continue their service.”
After the beginning of the Russian full -scale invasion of Russia, Ukraine introduced martial law and declared general mobilization. Most men between the ages of 18 and 60 are prohibited from traveling abroad.