Ukraine Approves Contract for Volunteers from the Age of 18
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a one-year service contract for volunteers aged 18 to 24. This was announced by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on Facebook on the evening of February 11. "We are creating a new system for staffing the army that meets modern challenges," he stated.
According to this contract, volunteers will undergo the following stages of training:
Basic general military training
Professional training
Adaptation course in a military unit
Volunteers will receive a one-time monetary allowance of 1 million hryvnias (approximately 23,000 euros):
200,000 hryvnias – after signing the contract
300,000 hryvnias – after completing training
500,000 hryvnias – upon discharge from the military unit's personnel list
Additionally, they will receive a monthly allowance of up to 120,000 hryvnias, the opportunity to obtain a 0% mortgage loan after completing service, and other social benefits.
On January 12, shortly before his appointment as National Security Advisor to the U.S. President, Congressman Mike Waltz spoke on ABC News, stating that stabilization of the front line should be a prerequisite for peace negotiations on Ukraine.
He also pointed out the shortage of military personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, emphasizing the need to address this issue. "Currently, the draft age in Ukraine starts not at 18, but at 26 (in fact, it’s 25)," Waltz stated. "If Ukrainians are calling on the world to support democracy, they must also go all-in to defend it," he concluded.
Additionally, on February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in an interview with the RND media group, noted that in the future, Ukraine’s army will not be able to finance itself independently and will require financial support from Germany and other allies.
Basic general military training
Professional training
Adaptation course in a military unit
Volunteers will receive a one-time monetary allowance of 1 million hryvnias (approximately 23,000 euros):
200,000 hryvnias – after signing the contract
300,000 hryvnias – after completing training
500,000 hryvnias – upon discharge from the military unit's personnel list
Additionally, they will receive a monthly allowance of up to 120,000 hryvnias, the opportunity to obtain a 0% mortgage loan after completing service, and other social benefits.
On January 12, shortly before his appointment as National Security Advisor to the U.S. President, Congressman Mike Waltz spoke on ABC News, stating that stabilization of the front line should be a prerequisite for peace negotiations on Ukraine.
He also pointed out the shortage of military personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, emphasizing the need to address this issue. "Currently, the draft age in Ukraine starts not at 18, but at 26 (in fact, it’s 25)," Waltz stated. "If Ukrainians are calling on the world to support democracy, they must also go all-in to defend it," he concluded.
Additionally, on February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in an interview with the RND media group, noted that in the future, Ukraine’s army will not be able to finance itself independently and will require financial support from Germany and other allies.
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