Zelenskyy signs law on voluntary return to service after first AWOL or desertion

Returning to service after an AWOL or desertion: Zelenskyy signed the law

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Law No. 12095 on voluntary return to service for those who have gone AWOL from a military unit or deserted for the first time.

This is evidenced by the bill card, Censor.NET reports.

The law provides:

to allow servicemen who committed AWOL or deserted for the first time to return to service voluntarily. In this case, their contract will be extended;
to resume the payment of cash and the provision of food, clothing, other types of support, benefits and social guarantees upon returning to service;
if the military personnel who returned to service after the first AWOL or desertion, the criminal proceedings initiated against them should not be a reason for refusing to accept them for military service.

As a reminder, on November 21, the Verkhovna Rada passed Law No. 12095 on voluntary return to service for those who went AWOL from military units or deserted for the first time.

Author: Ольга Кошарна