Deferral from Mobilisation

Deferral from Mobilisation during martial law in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. After all, it was then that Russia started a war against Ukraine, and Ukraine announced the general mobilization of conscripts. 

As of October 2026, some categories of conscripts have a deferral from mobilization: 

• parents with many children,
• parents of children with disabilities,
• single parents,
• adoptive parents of orphans,
• people with disabilities,
• temporarily unfit for military service according to the conclusion of the VLK,
• carers of parents or wives/husbands who have a disability or serious illness,
• people who were captured by Russia or were deprived of their freedom as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation,
• people who lost close relatives in the war or they went missing,
• students pursuing their first professional, pre-higher or higher education in full-time or dual education, full-time PhD students
• teachers and lecturers working at at least 0.75 rates.