Ukraine has not asked for specific steps in relation to Ukrainians who have reached conscription age living in Latvia

The press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Ukraine has mentioned the mentioned topic, including to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braže, on Friday, April 26, during a meeting with Ukrainian colleagues during her visit to Ukraine.

It has been reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the controversial mobilization law on April 16, which aims to increase the number of soldiers.

Since Russia’s repeated invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of 2022, soldiers on the front lines have not had the opportunity to take a rest on a rotational basis, meanwhile, many thousands of Ukrainians continue to avoid conscription.

The law introduces a number of changes to the current system, expanding the powers of the Ukrainian authorities to issue summonses through an electronic system.

The new law also introduces tougher penalties for avoiding conscription and requires men to update their military registration information with authorities.

However, the law does not provide for the demobilization of soldiers who have served at the front for a long time, which the legislators refused to do under pressure from the Ukrainian army. The MPs announced that the issue of demobilization will be addressed in a separate bill, but did not provide further details.

Zelensky this month signed a separate law that lowered the age of mobilization from 27 to 25.

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