The Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support Reminded About Responsibility for Unauthorized Absence

The Donetsk Regional Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support reminded about the responsibility for unauthorized absence from a military unit.

Unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service is qualified under Article 172-11 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses if committed:

• by a serviceman for up to three days;
• by a serviceman (mobilized, contract serviceman, as well as reservist and conscript) during training gatherings;
• by a serviceman who did not appear on time without valid reasons for military service upon appointment or transfer, did not return from a business trip, leave, or medical facility for up to ten days.

Unauthorized absence occurs if one of the following grounds is present:

• unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service by a conscript serviceman for up to three days;
• failure of a conscript serviceman to appear on time without valid reasons for service in case of discharge, transfer, or appointment, failure to return from a business trip, leave, or medical facility for up to three days;
• unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service by a serviceman, as well as reservists and conscripts during training gatherings for up to ten days;
• failure of a serviceman to appear on time without valid reasons for service upon appointment or transfer for up to ten days;
• failure of a serviceman to return from a business trip, leave, or medical facility for up to ten days.

According to the requirements of Article 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the following are considered crimes:

• unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service by a serviceman;
• failure to appear on time by a serviceman without valid reasons for service in case of discharge, appointment, or transfer, failure to return from a business trip, leave, or medical facility for more than three days, as well as committed during a special period, martial law, or combat situation.

If the offense is committed by a serviceman or reservist during training gatherings, the punishment may be a fine ranging from five hundred to one thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens (8,500 – 17,000 UAH) or arrest with detention in a guardhouse for up to ten days.

In case of unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service during a special period, excluding martial law, the fine may range from one to two thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens (17,000 – 34,000 UAH), and arrest with detention in a guardhouse from ten to fifteen days.

For unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service by a conscript serviceman for more than three days but not more than a month, the offender faces punishment in the form of detention in a disciplinary battalion for up to two years or imprisonment for up to three years.

If a serviceman is absent from the place of service for more than ten days but not more than a month, or less than ten days but more than three days repeatedly within a year, the punishment may be a fine from one thousand to four thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens (17,000 – 68,000 UAH), or service restrictions for up to two years, or imprisonment for up to three years.

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