The government is preparing to tighten restrictions on the registration of conscripts: limits for the defense industry and the energy sector may be reduced to 85%.
The Cabinet of Ministers is preparing a draft resolution to reduce the number of reservists in key sectors, according to MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak. For the defense industry and energy, the limit is intended to be reduced from 100% to 85%, and for heating, water supply, and waste management, from 75% to 60%. The draft resolution does not specify the fate of existing reservations that exceed the new limits.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has prepared a draft amendment to the decree regulating the conscription of individuals during mobilization and wartime. This was announced by People's Deputy from the "Voice" faction, Yaroslav Zhezhenyak. According to him, the document will significantly reduce the number of conscripted workers in key sectors of the economy.
For defense industry and energy companies, they want to reduce the maximum percentage of reserved employees from 100% to 85%, and for heating, water supply, and waste management companies, from 75% to 60%.
Plans are also being made to change the method of calculating the 50-percent booking limit. Employees who already have a legal deferment – students, people who care for individuals with disabilities, parents of three children – will no longer be included in the total number of those subject to conscription. For example, if a company has 100 employees and 20 of them have a legal deferment, the calculation base will be 80 people, meaning that up to 40 employees can be booked.
The government plans to update the composition of the Special Coordination Center and include 17 individuals in it, including representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Foreign Intelligence Service, and the National Police. Without the Center's recommendation, the company will not be able to obtain the status of a critically important enterprise or set a booking limit exceeding 50%; the Center will also have the right to recommend the revocation of the status of a critically important enterprise that has already been granted.
The project does not mention the fate of existing bookings that would exceed the new limits. It also does not specify clear timelines for decision-making, transparent criteria for evaluating businesses, or mechanisms for appealing decisions. Public consultations regarding the changes are not currently planned. By October 20, all ministries and regional state administrations must fully update the industry criteria by which businesses are deemed critically important.