Sergey Nagornyak, a Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Servant of the People party, proposed introducing an official paid deferment from mobilization in Ukraine, the Ukrainian outlet Telegraph reported.

Nagornyak explained his proposal by saying that many men liable for military service in Ukraine are allegedly obtaining deferment documents through bribes. As an alternative, he suggested a mechanism of economic reservation, under which those who want to receive an official deferment from service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces could pay for it legally. In his view, this would allow such citizens to move freely around Ukraine and travel abroad.

Nagornyak also proposed transferring the money received to a special account and using it in a motivational recruitment campaign — for payments to those who join the Ukrainian Armed Forces through the recruitment system.

At the same time, the deputy acknowledged that society may see such an initiative as unfair, since those who do not have the money to buy a deferment would end up serving.

The Kiev regime has recently faced a shortage of personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Against this backdrop, the violent actions of military enlistment office employees when detaining people subject to mobilization regularly lead to scandals and protests. Videos of forced mobilization are widely circulated online, showing Ukrainian enlistment office representatives taking men away in minibuses, often beating detainees and using force against them.