“Soldiers who went to the HSC after November 29 will have to go through the general procedure, the department reports”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The Office notes that the military who for the first time left the military unit may return to the service without criminal liability by March 1, 2025 and transferred to another unit.
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“However, this simplified algorithm does not apply to the military who carried out the HSF after November 29, 2024. Such servicemen, even if it is their first HRC, cannot return to the service and be exempted from criminal liability for a quick simplified algorithm, ”the message reads.
The Ministry of Defense clarifies that such servicemen will have to go through a general procedure that provides:
- Obtaining the written consent of the commander of the unit left or the reserve battalion, where it will be sent for time
- conducting investigation of criminal proceedings
- a court decision on the basis of a prosecutor’s request whether or not a military person from liability
The military will only be renewed to services after a court decision. The Ministry adds that the military who have carried out the HSF after November 29 can wait for a few months to renew. By this point, they do not receive cash and other guarantees.
“For the same soldiers who left part of the long time, that is, until November 29, and this is their first HRC, it remains to return to service by March 1, 2025 under a simplified algorithm and to renew in the service for three days,” the Defense Ministry said.
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On November 29, 2024, the law on voluntary return to the service of those who first left the military unit or deserted. He envisages that during the martial law, the military personnel who first left military units for the first time, but subsequently voluntarily arrived at the place of service, the contract continues. Cash payments are also renewed.
The law envisaged the possibility of voluntary return from the HCP until January 1, 2025, and subsequently extended until March 1.