The previous document did not limit the freedoms of citizens, but became a reason for manipulation and discrediting of the Armed Forces.
military registration in the territorial recruitment and social support centers, for travel outside the place of residence (place of stay) from the moment of the announcement of mobilization and during wartime will be considered as having lost its validity, and a new one will be finalized taking into account the basis of changes to the laws of Ukraine and subordinate legal acts that regulate the movement of citizens under martial law, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi said on Wednesday
He noted that he decided to cancel the previous document to prevent further manipulations around this issue and sent it for revision.
“I emphasize that from the beginning this document was exclusively related to the internal work of the TCC and JV and did not create obligations, restrictions on the rights and freedoms of citizens of Ukraine. Despite this, its appearance on the network caused numerous manipulations, misreadings and even illegal actions to prevent the movement of citizens, which became the basis for discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the military-political leadership of the state,” said Zaluzhny.
Updated document will be developed on the basis of changes to the laws of Ukraine and subordinate legal acts that regulate the movement of citizens under martial law.
“The existing legislative framework does not take into account the realities of today and does not provide effective mobilization mechanisms. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and a citizen of Ukraine, I call on Ukrainians to fulfill their constitutional duty to protect the state,” the head of the General Staff emphasized.
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Earlier, information appeared in the mass media that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally instructed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny to cancel the procedure for obtaining conscription permits for movement between regions of Ukraine.
And although the decision to adopt the document was adopted from the submission of the General Staff on the basis of the law “On Military Duty and Military Service” signed by the President and the Cabinet Resolution, some persons from the President's Office were very dissatisfied with Zaluzhnyi's actions. requisitioning citizens of Ukraine who are on military registration during martial law, as such permits are required by law.