The Rada approved a bill on medical examinations for foreign contract soldiers
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed the first reading of a bill that provides detailed regulations governing the conduct of military medical examinations for foreigners and stateless persons who wish to serve in the military under contract.
Legislative initiative No. 15015 received strong support among lawmakers and was approved by 286 votes.
The new document proposes to clearly establish that “the military medical examination determines the fitness for military service of conscripts, military personnel, those subject to military service, reservists, and candidates for military service from among foreigners and stateless persons; establishes a causal link between illnesses, injuries, and trauma to military service, and determines the necessity and conditions for the application of medical and social rehabilitation and assistance to military personnel.”
This will allow for the creation of uniform, transparent, and clear medical screening rules for all categories of volunteers.
In accordance with the adopted regulations, specialized examinations will be conducted directly by military medical commissions.
Such commissions are established at territorial recruitment and social support centers, as well as at healthcare facilities of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and other agencies or military formations of the security and defense sector, as well as at state and municipal healthcare facilities.
The main objective of the practical implementation of this law is to fully regulate the procedure for conducting military medical examinations of foreigners and stateless persons who have expressed a desire to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces under contract.
By closing these legal loopholes, the state will be able to recruit professional foreign volunteers to defend the country’s sovereignty much more effectively.
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Missiles struck the "Molniya" drone manufacturing plant in Taganrog.
