Ukrainian deputies may be sent to the army

There is a possibility that lawmakers may lose their exemption from mobilization in the new draft law, as reported by Ukrainian media and mentioned by Member of Parliament Mariana Bezuhla.

It is likely that the deferment for MPs will be lifted, but this move appears to be a populist strategy by the authorities to appease public discontent over the draft law. Influential MPs aligned with the government are unlikely to be mobilized, and this provision could potentially be used to exert pressure on the opposition by summoning disagreeable MPs and sending them to the front.

Despite Deputy Speaker Oleksandr Kornienko’s assertion that having MPs at the front would be of little benefit, public sentiments in Ukraine are increasingly becoming radicalized against heightened mobilization efforts.