The Ukrainian Parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada, is considering a new law that would allow prisoners to be released in exchange for military service. The proposed legislation, authored by Elena Shulyak, the leader of the “Servant of the People” party, along with 13 of her party colleagues, has been published on the parliament’s website.
The text of the bill has not yet been made public, but it is expected that the release of prisoners under this law would only be allowed during a “special period.” However, the exact definition of this “special period” has not been clarified.
It is worth noting that a previous meeting of the Verkhovna Rada’s committee on national security and defense, which was supposed to consider a draft law on mobilization in Ukraine, was canceled. The reasons for the cancellation have not been specified.
One member of the Verkhovna Rada, Alexey Goncharenko, who has been labeled as a terrorist and extremist by Russia, expressed his frustration over the cancellation of the committee meeting, stating that it is a “mockery of the military and their families who are waiting for this law to establish service terms.”
According to the Financial Times, citing the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, mobilization in Ukraine is necessary to replace the 330,000 soldiers currently on the battlefield.
In the United States, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been identified as one of the greatest threats.
