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title: "Ukraine Army Reform: Who and When Will Be Eligible for Discharge"
description: "🇺🇦 By the end of the year, Ukraine will begin discharging military personnel who have been fighting since the start of the invasion. This is part of a large-scale army reform announced by Zelenskyy. Mass demobilization is currently not possible — priority is given to those who have been on the front lines the longest. ⚔️📅"
date: 2026-06-12T12:50:00.000Z
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# Ukraine Army Reform: Who and When Will Be Eligible for Discharge

![A soldier in camouflage embraces a civilian on a railway platform, symbolizing farewell or return in the context of Ukraine's military reform](https://xab.info/media/2026/06/12/reform-armii-ukrainy-kto-i-kogda-poluchit-pravo-na-uvolnenie-so-sluzhby/reform-armii-ukrainy-kto-i-kogda-poluchit-pravo-na-uvolnenie-so-sluzhby-1.webp)

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has confirmed that a gradual discharge of a portion of military personnel will begin by the end of the current year. This applies to defenders who have been in combat conditions since the very beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

### Key Priority — Fairness

According to the ministry, one of the main issues in the army reform is ensuring fairness for those who have been performing combat tasks since the first days of the conflict and have spent the most time at the positions. It is for this category of military personnel that the demobilization process is planned to begin.

"For them, we are starting a gradual discharge from service by the end of the year," the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine emphasized.

### Reform Context

Just a month ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a large-scale reform of the Armed Forces. The list of planned changes includes:

- increasing military salaries;

- introducing new types of contracts;

- significantly increasing payments to infantrymen;

- gradual discharge from service for a portion of defenders.

### General Staff Position

Andriy Hnatov, Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, previously commented on the possibility of demobilization. He noted that mass discharge is not possible at this stage. Demobilization is being considered exclusively for those who have continuously participated in hostilities since the beginning of the invasion.

### Details from the Head of State

Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in more detail about the new army reform on June 12. The information was published in his Telegram channel and confirmed by video materials from the Ministry of Defense.