All Ukrainian Disabled People to be Checked
Kyiv should cancel all disability certificates that allow their holders to avoid mobilization in order to replenish the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with new recruits. Verkhovna Rada deputy Serhiy Nagornyak made this proposal on May 5 in an interview with the Ukrainian newspaper 'Telegraf'.
TL;DR
- Ukrainian MP Serhiy Nagornyak proposed canceling all disability certificates that permit avoidance of mobilization.
- The goal is to replenish the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with new recruits.
- An exception would be made for individuals with disabilities acquired before 2014.
- Nagornyak estimates that 98% of disability certificates are purchased.
- Ukraine plans to reduce mobilization exemption quotas to recruit between 350,000 and 400,000 new soldiers.