A petition calling for stricter penalties for attacks on military personnel did not receive enough votes
A petition to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine calling for stricter penalties for attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and for evading military service did not reach the 25,000 signatures required for consideration. In three months, only 39 people supported it.
The petition was registered on the government’s website on April 7. As of July 8, the document had gathered only 39 signatures out of the 25,000 required for the Cabinet of Ministers to consider it.
The petition’s author noted that, amid a full-scale war, attacks on service members at territorial recruitment and social support centers—most of whom are combat veterans—have become more frequent.
“Years of full-scale war have exhausted our society, but this cannot be an excuse for the lawlessness taking place behind our lines. Attacks on military personnel at the TCCs and SS centers—the vast majority of whom are veterans with combat experience and injuries—are becoming increasingly frequent,” the petition states.
The petition proposed strengthening criminal and administrative liability for attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, systematic evasion of military service, and aiding and abetting such evasion. In addition, the author called for stricter penalties for obstructing mobilization efforts, the introduction of a system of economic and civil restrictions for individuals evading military service, and the elimination of legislative loopholes that, in his opinion, are being exploited to avoid mobilization.
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