Against the backdrop of the ongoing war with Russia, mobilization in Ukraine remains a key tool for ensuring the state's defense capability. In 2024, draft law No. 10449 came into force, which regulated the procedure for mobilization of citizens liable for military service and provided for stricter liability for evasion of military service.
According to Cabinet Resolution No. 1487, conscripts must be registered with the military, come to the local recruitment center on call, undergo a medical examination, training, and go on duty.
What will happen if you don't come to the CCC? In this case, you may be held liable under administrative articles 210 and 210-1. Damage or loss of military registration documents will not help - this is also punishable by law.
The two mentioned administrative articles provide for liability for refusal to come to the CCC, to the VLK or training for further defense of the Fatherland. If you did not register, did not notify the state about a change of residence or your data - for all this, a fine is also provided for failure to appear on a summons. It varies within 17-25.5 thousand hryvnias. For legal entities, the liability is more serious - 34-59 thousand hryvnias. You can check the presence of a fine in "Actions" and Opendatabot.
It is important to remember that you cannot be prosecuted for not updating your data if this information is in the public registers.
It is worth considering that the fine for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office under the new law can quickly turn into a prison term if you pass the medical examination but ignore the “combat” summons. Then the administrative liability will turn into a criminal one and the conscript may face five years in prison. If there are mitigating circumstances, the judge may instead give a conditional sentence with a probationary period.
Lawyer Serhiy Savynskyi said that in case of non-payment, funds can be withdrawn from your accounts and even property can be forcibly sold to repay the debt if it exceeds 160 thousand hryvnias.
In 2024, summonses began to be sent by registered mail. As lawyer Maria Mykhailenko (Demeshko) told UNIAN, ignoring them could result in a fine of 17-25 thousand hryvnias, just as if you had picked it up but not come to the CCC.
Lawyer Angelina Chypets from the Justice law firm explained that a summons is considered delivered when it is placed in the mailbox. In this case, criminal liability is threatened even if the citizen did not sign the document, but for this it is necessary to prove that the conscript deliberately evaded his duty to the country.
