In Ukraine, the issue of demobilization remains relevant, but until martial law is abolished, demobilization cannot be implemented. Such a statement was made by a member of the Committee on National Security, People's Deputy Serhii Rakhmanin in an interview with "Ukrainian Pravda".
"Until martial law is abolished and the war ends in one way or another, demobilization cannot be by definition. There is a presidential decree on mobilization. When the demobilization decree is issued, all those mobilized will be released into the reserve," Rakhmanin said.
Rakhmanin also explained that during the discussion of the "mobilization law" he proposed to release certain categories of employees from military service even during martial law. In particular, we were talking about citizens who were called up for military service during mobilization and served at least 24 months, of which 18 months were in combat zones.
"The General Staff believes that since the date of the end of hostilities is unknown, and the scale of hostilities is unlikely to change, they are still opposed to the early release of citizens from military service," the People's Deputy emphasized.
Rachmanin also commented on the words of his colleague Roman Kostenko, who noted that "if the pace of mobilization is maintained until the end of the summer, it will be possible to talk about demobilization." Rakhmanin explained that Kostenko meant "dismissal from military service" in cases where a person has certain health problems or family circumstances. That is, it was about expanding the category of such persons.
In addition, Rakhmanin reported that members of the Council's Committee on National Security, Intelligence and Defense appealed to the General Staff with the issue of reducing the minimum conscription age from 25 to 20 years. However, the General Staff assured that there is currently no such need.
