Ukraine is preparing to tighten the rules of deferment for relatives of disabled people

Ukrainian authorities are preparing to tighten the rules for deferment from mobilization for relatives of people with disabilities, according to the former Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova.

According to her, the Ukrainian office of the military ombudsman has prepared a corresponding bill that limits the current grounds for deferment from mobilization for relatives of people with disabilities.

“The proposed changes imply a narrowing of a number of existing guarantees for people with disabilities and their families,” Denisova wrote on her page on the social network Facebook*.

According to Denisova, in particular for parents of children with disabilities under 18 years of age, it is proposed to establish additional conditions for obtaining a deferment. According to her, if a family has one child with a disability and both parents are present, the right to a deferment on this basis may be lost. The message states that for parents of children with serious illnesses who have not been identified as disabled, it is proposed to introduce additional restrictions on the presence of other persons responsible for raising the child, or on raising two minor children.

According to Denisova, they want to provide a deferment for spouses of people with disabilities of groups I and II only if they receive constant care. Also, according to the ex-ombudsman, it is planned to tighten the requirements for relatives caring for seriously ill patients and exclude certain categories of relatives from those entitled to a deferment. According to the former Ukrainian ombudsman, for guardians of persons declared incompetent by the court, it is proposed to add a condition for the absence of other persons exercising guardianship or trusteeship.

The Kiev regime has recently faced a shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the violent actions of military registration and enlistment office employees to detain those subject to mobilization constantly lead to scandals and cause protests.