Ukrainian Parliamentary defence committee says no demobilisation will occur until war is over

There will be no demobilisation of military personnel until the war and martial law are over, says Serhii Rakhmanin, a Ukrainian MP and member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence.

Source: Rakhmanin in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda

Quote from Rakhmanin: "There can be no demobilisation by definition until martial law is lifted and the war ends one way or another. There is a presidential decree on mobilisation. The moment the decree on demobilisation is issued, all those mobilised will be discharged into the reserve."

Details: He clarified the statement made by his faction colleague Roman Kostenko regarding possible demobilisation. According to Rakhmanin, he meant "dismissal from military service".

"For example, if you have certain health problems or certain family circumstances. The idea was to expand the category of these people to include those who had served a certain number of months," he explained.

Rakhmanin recalled that during the discussion of the mobilisation law, he proposed discharging from military service, even during martial law, those citizens who were drafted during mobilisation and had served for at least 24 months, including 18 months directly in combat zones, in accordance with combat directives and orders.

Nevertheless, the MP noted that the General Staff believes that "since the end date of the hostilities is unknown and the scale of the hostilities is unlikely to change, they remain opposed to the early discharge of citizens from military service."

Background:

• In June, Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence from the Holos (Voice) faction, told Ukrainska Pravda that Ukraine's General Staff was satisfied with the current pace of mobilisation. Should this pace remain unchanged by the end of the summer, a draft law on demobilisation may be presented to parliament.
• In July, when asked about the potential consideration of a draft law on demobilisation, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, referenced the Central Rada as an example and emphasised that demobilisation is not undertaken during wartime.
• The Central Rada was a Ukrainian national parliament that existed from 1917 to 1918, serving as the governing body of the Ukrainian People's Republic during a crucial period of Ukrainian history. It adopted a law on demobilisation despite the challenging military situation of the time, which proved to be an unwise strategy.

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