Up to 10 years in prison: a bill concerning the TCC and the VLC has been tabled in parliament

This is evidenced by the summary of draft law No. 15114 on the Verkhovna Rada website and the published text of the bill.

Bill No. 15114 was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on 30 March, referred to the relevant committee on 1 April, and made available to MPs for review on 2 April. The initiators of the document include Dmytro Razumkov, Oksana Dmytriyeva, Heorhiy Mazurashu, Alina Zagoruiko, Dmytro Mykyša and other MPs.

What the bill provides for

The document proposes to impose separate penalties on officials for violating the procedure for maintaining military records if, as a result, people who are not legally subject to such registration are included in the records. For such a violation, it is proposed to impose a fine of 10,000 non-taxable minimum incomes, i.e. 170,000 UAH.

For members of military medical commissions, the draft law introduces new criminal liability for the deliberate violation of the procedure for medical examinations to determine fitness for military service. The basic penalty is imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years. If the violation is committed repeatedly or during a special period, the penalty is proposed to be increased to 3–6 years, with a ban on holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for a period of 1 to 3 years. Under martial law, the penalty rises to 3–8 years’ imprisonment.

Separately, the draft law proposes to introduce liability for military officials for breaches of the procedure for conscription, the acceptance or referral of citizens for military service. This refers to cases where, as a result of such actions, a person not liable for service is unlawfully conscripted, or, conversely, is unjustifiably exempted from conscription. Under the basic provision, the penalty may be a restriction of service for up to two years, confinement in a disciplinary battalion for the same period, or imprisonment for up to five years. During a state of emergency, the penalty is three to six years’ imprisonment, and under martial law, three to eight years’ imprisonment with an additional ban on holding office.

Another provision concerns the anti-corruption provisions. The draft law proposes to explicitly include the chairs, deputy chairs, members and secretaries of non-staff permanent medical examination boards and medical-flight commissions within the scope of the article on illicit enrichment. If these amendments are adopted, this will open the possibility of applying the sanctions of Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code to them, which provides for 5 to 10 years’ imprisonment with an additional ban on holding office.

Separately from this draft law, a requirement regarding body cameras for TCC and SP alert groups is already in force. The Ministry of Defence has announced that from 1 September 2025, TCC representatives in such groups must use body cameras, and recording must be continuous until the conclusion of the alert operations.

It should be noted that the Ministry of Digital Transformation does not plan to introduce electronic summonses either in the ‘Diya’ app or in other state digital services.