You have served. What changes?

Resolution No. 768 provides for a contract of six months or more for citizens who served during the special period, were discharged from service, have the relevant training and are appointed to positions from the list.

According to the Defence Forces, a contract of six months or more is open to citizens who were discharged during the special period (it has run since 2014), provided they are fully fit for military service.

The sources do not say what the resolution means by “relevant training” or which documents you need. A recruiter will explain. The military medical commission, not the recruiter, decides whether you are fit for service.

If you still serve in another unit, your path is different: choose “I serve, I want a transfer” in the form.

If you have UBD status, here is what the law says.

Rank. Military ranks are conferred for life, so you return to service with the same rank you were discharged with.

UBD (combatant) status. Combatant (UBD) status is withdrawn on only three grounds: a guilty verdict for certain intentional grave or especially grave crimes, false information about combat participation or about the person, or the person’s own application. Signing a new contract is not among them.

Benefits. The law on the status of war veterans sets the list of benefits for combatants (UBD) and does not make them depend on whether the person is currently serving. For example: Combatants (UBD) get a 75% discount on utility bills within the average consumption norms. Check with the social protection office whether a specific benefit applies now and how to claim it: not every item on the list is always in force.

These are legal rules, not a personal promise from the brigade.

Yes. A contract under Resolution No. 768 has a term, and it ends with discharge. A contract signed during martial law ends with discharge from service if the service member has not expressed a wish to continue. There is no automatic extension.

To stay in service after your contract ends, you must tell the command three months ahead and sign a new contract; without a new contract the service member is discharged. You decide whether to stay or leave, but a new contract is signed by both sides.

After such a contract, a deferral from mobilisation applies on the terms of Resolution No. 768. The base deferral after a Resolution No. 768 contract is six months. For contracts of 10 months, 14 months and six months or more, each 30 days of combat adds three months of deferral. The deferral after a Resolution No. 768 contract applies to those discharged on the grounds listed in paragraph 22 of the Procedure, including the end of the contract term.

Ask a recruiter or the Ministry of Defence hotline which other components are counted in your case and how to prove them with documents. The Ministry of Defence hotline for new contracts and for returning to military service is 1519. Calls are free from all operators’ numbers in Ukraine. The deferral period under Resolution No. 768 is calculated from the entries in the service member’s personal file and documents (certificates, extracts from orders). Form 6 confirms participation in combat, but it is not the basis for calculating the deferral.

The deferral belongs to a contract under Resolution No. 768. If you are already discharged and are not signing a new contract, ask the territorial recruitment centre (TRC) or the Ministry hotline whether you have grounds for a deferral.

During the special period, discharged service members who are fit are enrolled in the operational reserve; while a deferral under Resolution No. 768 is in force they are not enrolled unless they themselves give up the deferral in writing. After the deferral ends you can apply for reservation or another deferral; if a summons arrives from the recruitment centre, it is obeyed on the same footing as for other citizens.

The resolution is experimental: Resolution No. 768 runs as an experimental project for two years. So the rules may change.