The Ministry of Defense has explained what will happen to service members without new contracts
Service members who decide not to sign new contracts will continue their service under the same terms until a general demobilization is announced. Their pay will remain unchanged. New contracts can be signed starting June 15.
The Ministry of Defense stated that service members who do not wish to sign new contracts will not be discharged from service. They will continue to perform their duties until the announcement of general demobilization. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense Mstislav Banik.
According to him, this applies to military personnel who decide not to sign a basic, combat, or infantry-assault contract. In such cases, they will continue to serve in the Armed Forces under current conditions. “Service members who do not sign contracts now will serve until demobilization. They will receive the same pay,” Banik explained.
He emphasized that the difference between contract soldiers and mobilized soldiers will primarily concern the length of service. “If we’re talking about a contract infantryman and a mobilized infantryman sitting side by side in the same trench, their pay will be the same, but the contract soldier will go home in 10 months and receive a deferment, while the mobilized soldier will continue serving until general demobilization is announced,” the deputy minister noted.
The Ministry of Defense also reported that military personnel can begin signing new contracts as early as June 15. As a reminder, on June 12, the Defense Ministry announced the launch of a large-scale reform of the military service system. It provides for the introduction of new contract formats with clearly defined terms of service.
In particular, contracts with terms of 10 months are planned. For infantry soldiers, payments of up to 460,000 hryvnias per month were announced. The reform also provides for a simplified mechanism for the return of soldiers who have left their units without authorization, as well as expanded opportunities to recruit foreign volunteers into combat units.
The Ministry of Defense emphasizes that the new contracts are intended to be an additional option for military personnel, not a replacement for the current service system. At the same time, conscripts who do not take advantage of this opportunity will continue to perform their duties until a decision on general demobilization is made. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense Mstislav Banik in a comment to UP.
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