This is a convenient online platform for servicemen who are foreign citizens or stateless persons fighting in the Defense Forces. It provides guidance on the main stages of service, clarifying key procedures, as well as the documents required for processing payments, leaves, statuses, and other relevant details.
The Legal Navigator consists of the following sections:
- Enlistment/Joining Service
- Payments, Leaves, Statuses
- Medical Provision/Support
- Migration Legislation
- Family Support
The information on the platform is available in Ukrainian, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. It will be useful not only to soldiers but also to their families, support services within brigades, lawyers working with the military, and other service providers.
On November 25, Pryntsyp analysts — Maria Panchenko and Vladyslav Urubkov — presented the platform to military personnel, public experts, lawyers, and journalists in Kyiv.”
During the event, a discussion took place with the participation of: Ruslan Prykhodko, Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine; Dmytro Zubovskyi, Colonel, Head of the Coordination and Direction of Recruitment Centers Department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine; Liudmyla Kalenchuk, Senior Lieutenant, Head of the Social Support Unit of the Recruitment Center for Foreigners and Stateless Persons of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine; and Heorhii Osika, Specialist in Work with Foreign Servicemen, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (3rd OShBr).
The discussion was moderated by Oleksii Reva, Head of the ICS, Services, and IT Infrastructure Administration Center at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
In addition, during the presentation, Ruslan Prykhodko presented the Combatant Status Certificate (UBD) to Junior Sergeant Ortiz Rendon Luis Fernando, a volunteer from Colombia, and Senior Soldier Johnson Jean Carlo, a volunteer from Brazil.”
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“To create this Navigator, analysts and lawyers from Pryntsyp conducted research to study not only the current legal framework but also the real challenges faced by foreigners serving in Ukraine. We thank the following for their cooperation:
- Recruitment Center for Foreigners and Stateless Persons of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (MoD)
- Department for Coordination of Military Service of Foreigners in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
- Units of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) of the MoD
- 3rd Army Corps of the AFU
- 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade 'Magura' of the AFU
- 49th Separate Assault Battalion 'Carpathian Sich' of the AFU
- International Legion of the AFU
- 12th Special Forces Brigade Azovof the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU)
- 13th Operational Forces Brigade 'Khartiia' of the NGU
- Tetiana Hatsura-Yavorska, NGO 'Lanka'
- Lawyer Khrystyna Kovtsun, NGO 'Legal Hundred' (Yurydychna Sotnya)
- Lawyer Serhii Kucheriavenko
This platform was compiled with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. Its content is the exclusive responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the International Renaissance Foundation.