The responsibility for violating military accounting in Ukraine may be significantly tightened, according to sources

Ukrainian military personnel insist on tightening accountability for violators of military registration compared to what is envisaged in the draft law No. 10379, which has been adopted in the first reading.

Several members of parliament informed journalists about this.

According to the mentioned draft law, fines for violations of military registration rules during a special period will range from 17,000 to 22,500 hryvnias (approximately 402-532 euros) for individuals and 34,000 to 59,500 hryvnias (approximately 804-1,407 euros) for officials and legal entities.

“Military personnel believe that such fines will not intimidate anyone. That is, a conscript, when deciding, for example, whether to update his data within 60 days at the territorial recruitment center or not, will reason approximately like this: ‘If I update the data, I will definitely receive a summons because I will show up on the radar. And if I don’t update it, the summons may or may not come. And even if someone somehow discovers that I don’t live at the registered address or changed my phone number and didn’t update the data, a fine of 22,000 hryvnias (approximately 520 euros) or even a driver’s license suspension is unlikely to scare me.’ Therefore, the military argue that without tightening accountability, the law will be stillborn and will not activate mobilization,” said one of the MPs.

According to him, discussions are currently underway on increasing fines, freezing accounts, seizing property, and a range of other measures – “up to the most severe.” However, as the deputy stated, no decisions have been made yet, and many in the Verkhovna Rada are against tightening measures.

Another MP also confirmed to journalists that discussions are underway to increase fines and reconsider the idea of freezing accounts.

“It is being discussed to establish a minimum fine of 34,000 hryvnias (approximately 804 euros), a maximum for individuals of 59,500 hryvnias (approximately 1,407 euros), and for legal entities – up to 85,000 hryvnias (approximately 2,010 euros). Other proposals have also been voiced. In any case, it is too early to talk about anything now; there is still time for amendments. No one can predict what the final version of the law will be,” said the parliamentarian.