The Ministry of Defence has changed the link between unfitness and exclusion from military registration by Order 686. Now the wording will be ‘unfit for military service’. However, according to the law on mobilisation, such persons are excluded from military registration.
This was stated at a briefing by the head of the central military medical commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Miroshnychenko, a correspondent of LB.ua reports.
‘In November of this year, Order 686 ‘On Approval of Amendments to the Regulation on Military Medical Examination in the Armed Forces of Ukraine’ came into force. It amended Order 402 of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in connection with the exclusion of the category of ‘limitedly fit’ in the law (on military training, service and mobilisation). Order 686 changed the link between unfitness and exclusion from military registration. The order now reads ‘unfit for military service,’ he said.
At the same time, he said, after such changes were made, a discussion began: whether those unfit for military service would be excluded from military registration at all. Or whether they will not be excluded from the register, which entails the performance of duties of persons liable for military service.
In particular, these obligations include the need to undergo a military medical commission, notify the TRC of a change of residence, appear in case of summonses, and be prohibited from travelling outside the country during martial law.
‘That's why we received a lot of questions. What's going to happen now? Will these people (unfit for military service) be excluded from the military register or not? If you look at the same law on military service, Article 37, paragraph 3, part 6, states that persons who are found unfit for military service are subject to exclusion from military registration at the relevant district (city) territorial recruitment and social support centres (TRSSC). That is, in my opinion, everything is clearly regulated in the same law. If a person is declared unfit for military service, he or she is subject to exclusion from the military register,’ he stressed.
Article 37 of the law on military service and mobilisation, paragraph 6, provides:
‘Citizens of Ukraine who are subject to exclusion from military registration in the relevant district (city) territorial recruitment and social support centres (persons liable for military service and reservists of the Security Service of Ukraine - in the Central Department or regional bodies of the Security Service of Ukraine, persons liable for military service and reservists of the intelligence agencies of Ukraine - in the relevant unit of the intelligence agencies of Ukraine) are subject to exclusion from military registration in the relevant district (city) territorial recruitment and social support centres (persons liable for military service and reservists of the Security Service of Ukraine - in the relevant unit of the intelligence agencies of Ukraine)
- died or were declared missing or declared dead in accordance with the procedure established by law
- ceased to be citizens of Ukraine;
- declared unfit for military service;
- have reached the age limit for being in the reserve.
A military registration document is not withdrawn from a citizen who is excluded from military registration in accordance with clauses 3 and 4 of this part. Data on the exclusion from military registration shall be entered in the military registration document of the citizen,’ the law states.