Enough to fill the Armed Forces: how many Ukrainians can mobilize under the "18-24 contract"

To spread: OP Pavel Palis, Deputy Head of OP, said that at least two contracts are working in Ukraine. According to him, from the armed forces they want to make a "competitive employer", and the issue of resources is not priority. Citizens under the age of 24 are available mobilization in Ukraine for one year with a one -time payment of one million hryvnias. The applications have already been submitted by more than 10 thousand people.

The deputy head of the Presidential Office Pavel Palis in an interview with TSN from February 19 stated that it was a "good result" in a few days. He explained that it was only about the first stage of changes in the army. Only six brigades have been involved in the pilot project to test it "in every direction and every brigade. " According to Palis, it will be easier to detect and eliminate errors on so many units. "In total, the target audience from 18 to 24 is almost 800,000 people," he said.

The deputy head of OP confirmed that this amount is "more than enough" to fill the Armed Forces. However, as he emphasized, this does not mean that young Ukrainians want to fill all vacant positions in the army. "This contract enables people who are not mobilized, at their request to stand up to the ranks of the Armed Forces," the official said. How many Ukrainians aged 18-24 will really sign contracts, not predict in OP.

Palis said that now in Ukraine is working to increase the target audience to conclude contracts with the army. "First of all, the next one - it will be a contract for those who were released, had the opportunity, the legal right to dismiss before the adoption of the law on mobilization, which are eligible for deferral, which are even booked. In the labor market of Ukraine, ”he informed.

The deputy head of the OP specified that Ukrainians will be offered a wider choice of military accounting specialties. In particular, these can be the following: drones calculations, driving mechanics, crew calculations of combat vehicles. He did not and reject the option that such servicemen will also receive a million.

"When the question is, in fact, the existence of the state as such, I think, the issue of resources should not be a priority (…) This is a critical issue of state defense capability. I think it cannot be compromises here," the official said. He added that a contract for mobilized is also being worked out. We will remind, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Dmitry Lazutkin told which of the Ukrainians can refuse to conclude a "contract 18-24".