The Ministry of Defence has developed several versions of a bill that is intended to define the length of military service. The document is currently being worked on within the government together with the military and political leadership.
This was reported by Deputy Defence Minister Liubov Halan during the government question time in the Verkhovna Rada on 13 November.
According to her, work on the document is continuing actively. Government officials and the military and political leadership now have to decide in what form it can be implemented.
"Such a bill, even in several versions, has already been prepared by the Ministry of Defence. And work is now under way within the government and also with the military and political leadership," Halan said.
- Back in March 2026, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Pavlo Palisa said that the state plans to introduce new contracts for service personnel that would set out clear terms of service. According to him, this should become one of the mechanisms for moving from a mobilised army to a contract-based one.
- These contracts were later presented. The Ministry of Defence proposed three types: an infantry-assault contract for 10 months, and combat and basic contracts for 24 months. They are followed by a deferment of six months. These contracts can be signed by serving personnel who have already taken up the defence of the country.
- The issue of service terms for defenders who were mobilised at the start of the full-scale war or back during the ATO/JFO period remains unresolved outside these contracts. No mass demobilisation is being carried out, with officials stressing that there are no resources to replace experienced fighters with new recruits.