# Mobilization
A new wave of mobilisation in Russia will 'finish off' the aggressor's economy — intelligence
A new wave of conscription in Russia could trigger a major economic crisis in the aggressor state, the effects of which will be felt for years to come.
Ukrainians may be enrolled in the reserve for five years following their basic military service
A bill entitled “On the System of Long-Term Military Service and the Reserve” has been tabled in the Verkhovna Rada. The bill proposes that, following 12 months of basic military service, citizens should automatically be enrolled in the active reserve for a period of five years.
Lubinec reported a 333-fold increase in complaints against the TCC
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Commissioner, has stated that the number of complaints regarding violations of citizens’ rights during mobilisation has increased 333-fold compared to 2022. According to him, the Ombudsman’s Office has received over 6,000 such complaints.
A man has died in Dnipro whilst undergoing a medical examination: what the TCC is saying
A man subject to military conscription has died in Dnipro after being stopped for a check of his military registration documents. The Territorial Military Administration has launched an internal investigation.
University management in Zaporizhzhia to face trial over a scheme involving ‘postgraduate students’ to evade conscription
An indictment has been filed against nine members of a criminal organisation who, according to the investigation, set up a scheme at a private university in Zaporizhzhia to falsely enrol men liable for military service into postgraduate programmes. Through this scheme, nearly 3,500 men of conscription age were illegally registered as “postgraduate students”, and around 3,000 were granted grounds for deferment from mobilisation.
Conscription reform in Ukraine: new rules on call-up notices and terms of service
Discussions are underway in Ukraine regarding a possible reform of the mobilisation system and territorial recruitment centres. Parliament has stated that the functions of the territorial recruitment centres could be split, and that the issues of issuing call-up papers, the legal grounds for conscription and the length of service need to be regulated more clearly.
“The whole country will come to hate the police”: MP Buzhansky has criticised the reform of the Central Election Commission
Maksym Buzhanskyi, a Member of Parliament for the “Servant of the People” party, has criticised the published plans for reforming the Territorial Defence Forces, which envisage the police taking on the role of delivering men to military registration and enlistment offices. He stated that such an idea would not solve the mobilisation problem, but would merely make the police “the scapegoat”.
In Odessa, the TCC flooded the premises of Tverdovsky, the owner of Palladium and Itaka, with gas
An altercation took place in Odessa involving businessman Valery Tverdovsky, the owner of the Palladium and Itaka clubs. According to the businessman, members of the Traffic Police used pepper spray against him when he tried to intervene following a road traffic accident involving an acquaintance of his.
A proposal has been put forward in the Rada to ‘reset’ disability certificates for the purposes of mobilisation
Serhiy Nahorniak, a Member of Parliament for the “Servant of the People” party, has stated that Ukraine may review the number of men exempted from military service at enterprises, as Ukrainian Armed Forces units are understaffed. He also proposed that disability certificates be “reset to zero”, with the exception of documents held by those who have fought since 2014, been wounded and been granted disability status.
Demobilisation in Ukraine: Gudimenko sets out two conditions
Yuriy Gudymenko, chair of the NGO “Ukrainian Association Mriya” and head of the Public Anti-Corruption Council at the Ministry of Defence, stated that in order to demobilise the Ukrainian Defence Forces, it is necessary either to automate the army more actively or to recruit more personnel.
Mobilisation in Ukraine is set to change: the Territorial Recruitment Centres will adopt a new approach
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence is preparing systematic changes to the work of the Medical Examination Commission, data sharing and the notification of conscripts. The ministry has stated that the new approach is intended to improve the quality of the mobilisation pool and reduce errors in determining fitness for service.
The Rada is proposing to review all bookings and deferrals
In Ukraine, the system for deferring military service obligations needs to be reviewed, and the current deferrals need to be examined. The Verkhovna Rada believes that the problem lies not only in the possibility of deferral itself, but also in the approaches to monitoring, as some of these decisions may be unjustified.
