«Notification and conscription of citizens for military service are enshrined at the legislative level,» said Olena Rodina, head of the communications group of the Kharkiv Central Military District and Joint Service.

In connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and in order to ensure the defense of the state, maintain the combat and mobilization readiness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, based on the proposal of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, in accordance with Part Two of Article 102, Items 1, 17, 20 of Part One of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine, by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 69/2022 of February 24, 2022, general mobilization was declared throughout the territory of our state.

The term of general mobilization is extended according to the Decrees of the President of Ukraine. Thus, according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 740/2024 of October 28, the term of martial law in Ukraine is extended from November 10, 2024 for a period of 90 days, that is, until February 8, 2025. In the Kharkiv region, as well as throughout the territory of Ukraine, mobilization measures do not stop.

The legal basis for the defense of the state is the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine "On Defense", other legislative acts of Ukraine and relevant international treaties, the consent to which has been granted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The defense of the Fatherland, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine is the constitutional duty of citizens of Ukraine.

Article 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine provides that protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, ensuring its economic and information security are the most important functions of the state, the business of the entire Ukrainian people.

Article 65 of the Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that the protection of the Fatherland, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and respect for its state symbols are the duty of citizens of Ukraine. Citizens perform military service in accordance with the law.

The call-up of reservists and those liable for military service during mobilization is carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine "On Military Duty and Military Service" and the Law of Ukraine "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization"«

According to the general rule, conscripted men aged 25 to 60 who are deemed fit for military service, are not eligible for deferment, and are not reserved are subject to mobilization.

Citizens aged 18 to 25 may be mobilized in certain cases:

• reserve officers;
• persons who have completed compulsory military service.

Other citizens aged 18 to 25 can join the defense voluntarily by signing a contract for military service.

In accordance with Part Five of Article 22 of the Law of Ukraine "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization", the conscription of citizens for military service during mobilization or their involvement in the performance of duties in positions provided for by wartime staffing levels is provided by local executive authorities and carried out by territorial recruitment and social support centers or commanders of military units.

The procedure for conscripting citizens for military service during mobilization for a special period is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the "Procedure for the Conscription of Citizens for Military Service During Mobilization, for a Special Period" dated May 16, 2024 No. 560.

In particular, the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine determined:

• the procedure for notifying conscripts and reservists, their arrival at territorial recruitment and social support centers, the procedure for checking military registration documents of citizens, clarifying the personal data of conscripts and reservists, and making appropriate changes to military registration documents;
• the procedure for granting conscripts and reservists a deferment from military service during mobilization, for a special period, and its registration;
• organization of medical examinations of conscripts and reservists to determine their suitability for military service;
• the procedure for registering a call for military service during mobilization, for a special period;
• mechanism for sending conscripts and reservists to places of military service.

Territorial recruitment and social support centers are military administration bodies that ensure the implementation of legislation on military duty and military service, mobilization training and mobilization.

Citizen notification

During mobilization, citizens are called to regional territorial recruitment and social support centers or their departments for the purpose of:

• registration;
• undergoing a medical examination to determine suitability for military service;
• clarification of your personal data, data of your military registration document with the military registration data of the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Military Obligations, and Reservists (Territorial Center for Recruiting and Social Support);
• conscription for military service during mobilization and dispatch to places of military service.

During martial law, men aged 18 to 60 are required to:

• be registered with the district military registration and enlistment office at the place of stay or residence;
• to personally clarify their military registration data at the CCC and the SP, which will be entered into the Unified State Register of Military Conscripts and Conscripts;
• always carry with you identification documents, as well as military registration documents;
• provide these documents for inspection to authorized persons, in particular, military personnel of the CCC and the SP;
• appear at the CCC and the SP upon call.

As part of mobilization activities, heads (chiefs) of district and city state administrations (military administrations) create alert groups.

Citizens are summoned to district CCCs and SPs or their departments by delivering (sending) a summons.

Representatives of the CCC have the right to inspect documents and serve summonses. The military personnel who carry out the notification are officials who perform their official duties in wartime in accordance with the requirements of current legislation.

The summons may be sent by registered mail or delivered by a representative of the notification group or the person responsible for the notification, as well as directly to the CCC and the SP.

Summonses are served 24 hours a day at the address of the place of residence or the address of the declared/registered place of residence, work, study, in public places, public buildings and structures, places of mass gathering of people, territorial recruitment and social support centers, at checkpoints (blockposts), and checkpoints across the state border of Ukraine.

A summons is an official summons to the CCC and the SP. Failure to appear at the CCC and the SP upon summons entails administrative and criminal liability.

The National Police of Ukraine is granted the right to carry out administrative detention of conscripts in violation of the legislation on mobilization training and mobilization and to deliver them to the CCC and SP (Articles 259 and 262 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, Part Three of Article 38 of the Law of Ukraine “On Military Duty and Military Service”).

Head of the Communications Group of the Kharkiv OTCC and SP Major Olena Rodina