Ukraine has extended martial law and mobilisation for another 90 days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed bills extending martial law and general mobilisation for another 90 days. The relevant decisions were published on 26 January on the Verkhovna Rada website.
According to the adopted documents, martial law and mobilisation will continue from 3 February to 4 May 2026. Until the beginning of February, they remain in force on the basis of previous parliamentary decisions adopted at the end of October 2025. The president submitted the bills to the Verkhovna Rada on 12 January, and on 14 January, MPs supported them and sent them to the head of state for signature.
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, martial law and mobilisation in Ukraine have been extended for the eighteenth time. Along with the introduction of martial law, a general mobilisation was also announced at that time. In August 2025, the government allowed citizens aged 18 to 22 to travel abroad under certain conditions.
At the end of 2025, Zelensky stated that the war would not end without Ukraine receiving clear security guarantees, and therefore martial law would remain in force until that moment. In January, the president also announced that the document on security guarantees from the United States had been fully prepared and was awaiting agreement on the date and place of signing.
Martial law gives the state the right to impose temporary restrictions, including on the movement of citizens and transport, the holding of mass events, and allows for the compulsory expropriation of property for defence purposes. Due to its effect, the regular presidential elections scheduled for 2024 did not take place in Ukraine.
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