HOW TO DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE?

Undoubtedly, the fulfillment of military duty is one of the primary tasks of every citizen of Ukraine today. At the same time, there may be cases in life when a person needs to resign from the ranks of the Armed Forces due to certain life circumstances or health conditions.

Often, servicemen believe that it is impossible to leave the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a full-scale war. However, this statement is not true. Therefore, regardless of the legal regime of martial law, Ukrainian legislation creates grounds for leaving military service.

First of all, it should be noted that the grounds for dismissal from military service in the conditions of martial law are not as broad as in peacetime. In addition, the list of such grounds is comprehensive and clearly defined. That is, if there are other reasons that are not specified in the law, it is impossible to resign from the service.

Now the practice has been formed, when the most common grounds are used during the dismissal. However, the frequent use of these grounds does not mean that this procedure is easy to pass. In practice, servicemen may face certain difficulties in writing a report, reviewing it, and other related problems.

Today, the most common grounds for dismissal from military service due to family circumstances are:

• raising a child with a disability under the age of 18;
• having a spouse (husband) from among persons with disabilities;
• the presence of one of his parents or his wife's (husband's) parents from among persons with group I or II disabilities;
• three or more children under the age of 18 are dependent on a serviceman;
• the need for constant care.

Therefore, there are problematic points that our military lawyer will help you solve:

The opinion that if the wife has a disability of the 3rd group, then the serviceman has no grounds for dismissal, is a misconception. In practice, there are cases when military units refuse to release, which is illegal. However, it should be emphasized that this opportunity is available only to servicemen who are mobilized.

The next problem is the refusal of the military units to release a serviceman based on the disability of the parents of groups I-II, referring to the need to provide permanent care for them, but this demand is groundless.

Another reason for dismissal with which we are consulted is the maintenance of three or more children under the age of 18 by a serviceman. Many nuances and questions arise from this reason, for example, can a serviceman be released if not all children are related, what to do if the children are related, but all from different marriages. Our military lawyer will help you find the answer to all these questions during the consultation.

Therefore, in order to avoid delays with the report and the dismissal process, it is better to immediately seek help from a military lawyer.

1. First, it will help to write a report in a qualified and individual manner.
2. Secondly, if the serviceman has already submitted a report and the command delays the review process or the report is completely ignored, the military lawyer will be able to send a request to the lawyer in order to find out at what stage of consideration the report is and get a reasoned answer regarding the release of the serviceman.