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Criminal liability for dodging mobilisation has been ruled out by the Verkhovna Rada (Parliamentary) Committee on Law Enforcement, which has been considering a draft law on increasing liability for military offences.

Ukraine has the ability to train any number of personnel determined by the new law on mobilisation, which may be adopted soon. Source: Major General Viktor Nikoliuk, Commander of the Training Department at Ground Forces Command, in an interview with the Radio Liberty project Donbas.

The new version of the draft law on mobilisation will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's Parliament) in a few weeks. Source: Nataliia Kalmykova, Deputy Minister of Defence, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: "It [the draft law - ed.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on what the draft mobilisation law, which the Cabinet of Ministers withdrew from Parliament yesterday, should look like after all the proposals are taken into account.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Ukrainian Parliament) has returned the bill on improving mobilisation to the government to be reviewed and finalised. Source: Davyd Arakhamiia, leader of the Servant of the People political party, on Telegram Quote: "Following the results of the meeting, the bill will be returned to its initiator along with the propositions worked out in the committee and in working groups.

The government has officially announced that it has withdrawn the draft law on improving mobilisation. Source: Cabinet of Ministers on Telegram Details: It is reported that on 11 January, at an extraordinary meeting, the government supported the protocol decision initiated by the Ministry of Defence "On the withdrawal of the draft law of Ukraine: On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving Certain Issues of Mobilisation, Military Registration and Military Service"...

Davyd Arakhamiia, Head of Ukraine's leading Servant of the People faction, has announced in the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament] that lawmakers are to consider a legislative initiative to improve mobilisation on Thursday, 11 January.

Oleksandr Zavitnevich, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, foresees significant changes to certain provisions of the draft law on mobilisation during its consideration in parliament.

The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine has registered five bills aimed at improving mobilisation: a government bill and four alternative ones. Source: Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, on Telegram Quote: "As of this morning there are five versions of the bill on mobilisation (a government bill and four alternative ones) in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

During its meeting on Monday, 8 January, the Ukrainian Parliament's Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy recognised the government's draft law on mobilisation as containing corruption risks. Source: Anastasiia Radina, Chair of the Committee, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: The official said the committee concluded that conscription was necessary in Ukraine but some draft law provisions have corruption risks.