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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with army personnel on June 18
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After just one day, the Ukrainian military lifted domestic travel restrictions for conscripts.
This was announced by the supreme commander Valeriy Saluschnyj in the Telegram news service after massive criticism.
The day before, the order for conscripts to obtain permission from the district military replacement office to leave the reporting point triggered a nationwide wave of outrage.
Even President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had distanced himself from the military on the issue and called for the order to be withdrawn.
After the start of the Russian invasion at the end of February, Ukraine declared martial law and decided to mobilize.
Conscript men between the ages of 18 and 60 are no longer allowed to leave the country.
The fact that travel should now be restricted for them within the war-torn country had triggered criticism.
Critics had feared further economic problems as a result.
After the announcement, Zelenskyi promised to “clarify the matter”.
He asked the General Staff not to make such decisions without him.
After criticism on social networks, it was added that the rule was only necessary for leaving the government district.
The basis is a legal standard from 1992.
According to the Ukrainian news site Ukrinform, Zalushnyj said that the regulation on the reporting requirement would now be withdrawn and revised.
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