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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law on partial mobilization, which was previously approved by the parliament.

After the document is published in the official press, partial
mobilization will begin on the territory of all regions of Ukraine
within 45 days.

The document orders the use of “people liable for military service
and reservists and the supply of transport to meet the needs of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian National Guard, the Ukrainian
Security Service, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, the State
Special Transport Service, and other Ukrainian military units in the
volumes determined by the mobilization plans.”

Local authorities are ordered to notify citizens of mobilization and
provide buildings and facilities in accordance with the mobilization
plans.

According to the document, the decision on partial mobilization was
made due to the “spread of manifestations of terrorism on the territory
of Ukraine, which leads to deaths of civilians, people liable for
military service, and Ukrainian military and law enforcement officers in
the eastern regions of the country, the concentration of troops with a
considerable offensive potential on the territory of Russia near the
Ukrainian state border, a threat of attack, and a threat to the state
independence of Ukraine with the purpose of defending the state based on
a proposal made by the National Security and Defense Council as part
Items 1, 17, and 20 of Part 1 of Article 106 of the Ukrainian
Constitution.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Parubiy said
this law “will make it possible to put 15 military units and 44 combat
support units in combat condition.”