The head of the military accounting and booking department of the Kharkiv Regional Territorial Center for Recruiting and Social Support, Lieutenant Colonel Lyubomyr Khomytsky, reminded of the need to provide documents to the commissions of the district CCC and SP for the extension of the postponement in connection with the extension of martial law.
Deferral of conscription for military service during mobilization is granted for the duration of the relevant legal grounds, but not longer than the period of mobilization established by the Decree of the President of Ukraine.
In accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 469/2024, the term of martial law in Ukraine is extended from August 12, 2024 for a period of 90 days, i.e. until November 9, 2024.
Deferral from conscription for military service upon conscription during mobilization, for a special period, is granted to military conscripts on the grounds specified in Article 23 of the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization”.
The following persons are not subject to conscription for military service during mobilization:
• reserved for the period of mobilization and wartime by state authorities, other state bodies, local self-government bodies, as well as enterprises, institutions and organizations in accordance with the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and are on special military registration;
• recognized in accordance with the established procedure as persons with disabilities or, according to the conclusion of a military medical commission, temporarily unfit for military service due to health conditions for a period of 6-12 months (with subsequent passage of a military medical commission);
• women and men who are dependent on three or more children under the age of 18, except for those who have arrears in alimony payments, the total amount of which exceeds the amount of payments for three months;
• women and men who have a child (children) under the age of 18, if the other parent of such child (children) has died, been deprived of parental rights, has been declared missing or missing, has been declared deceased, is serving a sentence in a prison, and also when a person independently raises and supports a child by court decision or an entry about the father of such a child in the Birth Registration Book was made on the basis of part one of Article 135 of the Family Code of Ukraine;
• women and men, guardians, custodians, adoptive parents, foster parents raising a child with a disability under the age of 18;
• women and men, guardians, custodians, adoptive parents, foster parents who are raising a child with severe perinatal lesions of the nervous system, severe congenital malformations, rare orphan diseases, oncological, oncohematological diseases, cerebral palsy, severe mental disorders, type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent), acute or chronic kidney disease of stage IV, a child who has suffered a serious injury, requires an organ transplant, requires palliative care, which is confirmed by a document issued by the medical advisory commission of a healthcare institution in the manner and form established by the central executive body that ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of healthcare, but who has not been diagnosed with a disability;
• women and men who are dependent on an adult child who is a person with a disability of group I or II;
• adoptive parents who are dependent on a child (children) who, at the time of adoption, were an orphan (orphans) or a child (children) deprived of parental care, under the age of 18, guardians, custodians, adoptive parents, foster parents, foster carers who are dependent on an orphan (orphans) or a child (children) deprived of parental care, under the age of 18;
• are engaged in constant care for a sick spouse (husband), child and/or their father or mother (the wife's (husband's) father or mother, if she herself requires constant care according to the conclusion of the medical and social expert commission or the medical advisory commission of the healthcare institution, has died (died), has been declared missing or missing, has been declared deceased, and the wife's father or mother has no other able-bodied family members who are obliged and can provide care for them), who, according to the conclusion of the medical and social expert commission or the medical advisory commission of the healthcare institution, require constant care;
• guardian of a person declared incompetent by a court;
• who have a wife (husband) from among persons with disabilities of group I or II;
• who have a wife (husband) from among persons with disability of group III, established as a result of oncological disease, absence of limbs (limbs), hands (hands), feet (feet), one of the paired organs, or if a person with disability of group III has oncological disease, mental disorder, cerebral palsy or other paralytic syndromes;
• who have one of their parents with a disability of group I or II or one of their spouse's (husband's) parents from among persons with disabilities of group I or II, provided that there are no other persons who are not subject to military service and are obliged to support them in accordance with the law (except for cases where such persons are themselves persons with disabilities, require constant care, are under arrest (except for house arrest), are serving a sentence in the form of restriction or deprivation of liberty). In the absence of persons not subject to military service, only one person from among those subject to military service may provide care for a person with a disability of group I or II at the choice of such a person with a disability;
• second-degree family members of a person with a disability of group I or II, engaged in constant care for him (no more than one and provided that there are no first-degree family members or if the first-degree family members themselves require constant care according to the conclusion of the medical and social expert commission or the medical advisory commission of the healthcare institution). In the absence of first- and second-degree family members, the norm of this paragraph applies to third-degree family members of a person with a disability of group I or II;
• women and men who have a child (children) under the age of 18 and a husband (wife) who is doing military service in one of the types of military service defined by part six of article 2 of the Law of Ukraine “On Military Duty and Military Service”;
Verification of the grounds for granting military conscripts a deferment from military service during mobilization and its registration is carried out by territorial recruitment and social support centers.
You can find the full list in article 23. The Law of Ukraine “On Mobilization Training and Mobilization”.
To consider issues of granting military conscripts a deferment from military service during mobilization, for a special period, commissions are formed at district territorial recruitment and social support centers (separate departments).
If there are grounds for receiving a deferment from military service during mobilization, for a special period, those liable for military service (except for those on reserve) must personally submit an application to the head of the commission of the district territorial center for recruitment and social support or its department, as well as documents confirming the right to a deferment, or copies of such documents, certified in accordance with the established procedure.
To extend the term of deferment from military service during mobilization, for a special period, a conscript with the issuance of a Decree of the President of Ukraine on extending the term of mobilization submits (sends) for consideration by the CCC commission an application in paper or electronic form, in particular, in the case of technical implementation using the electronic account of the conscript, conscript, or reservist.
Lieutenant Colonel Lyubomyr Khomytskyi noted that conscripts who applied to the district territorial recruitment and social support center with an application for a deferment are not sent for a medical examination to determine their suitability for military service until the relevant commission makes a decision.
If the commission decides to refuse to grant a deferment, the conscript who is subject to conscription for military service during mobilization is sent for a medical examination to determine his suitability for military service.
Conscripts whose deferral from military service during mobilization for a special period has not expired are not sent for a medical examination, except in cases where conscripts are accepted for military service under a contract.