Graduates of military departments in Ukraine may be subject to mobilization

Ukrainian serviceman near Kyiv. Archive photoDONETSK, May 18. Graduates of military departments in Ukraine may be subject to mobilization if a bill is adopted to extend it from May 25.Earlier on Wednesday, Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which he proposes with On May 25, extend the general mobilization in the country for 90 days.Russia evacuated more than 17,000 people from Ukraine, from the DPR and LPR in a day at the beginning of the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Ukrainian defense department stated that the mobilization would take place in several stages. First, former servicemen with combat experience and who served in the army under a contract or took part in hostilities in the Donbass, then — servicemen who served in the military until 2014 or served under a contract. After them, those who graduated from the military departments of universities as reserve officers, as well as other persons who do not have age and physical restrictions, can be mobilized. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov last week noted that it is necessary «to provide one million people who will resist the enemy «. The ministry did not specify how many people had already been mobilized. Zelensky's decree on general mobilization, which was announced for a period of three months, was approved by the Ukrainian parliament on March 3. It affected mainly men aged 18 to 60. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.