The number of brigades recruiting volunteers for the '18-24' contract has increased.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have expanded the list of units where conscripts who have not yet reached the mobilization age will sign contracts. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa shared the list of brigades, reports 'Glavkom'.

According to information, the Ukrainian army will soon expand the list of brigades that will recruit volunteers for military service aged 18 to 24 years.

According to Palisa, the following units will join the program:

• 3rd Separate Assault Brigade;
• 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel;
• 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrogski;
• 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade Cold Yar;
• 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade;
• 36th Separate Brigade of Naval Infantry named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi;
• 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade, 126th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of Odesa;
• 25th Separate Air Assault Brigade Sicheslav;
• 80th Separate Air Assault Galytska Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is also known that units of the National Guard 'Azov' and the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine 'Charter' have already joined this program.

The Ministry of Defense explained the details of recruitment for military service under contract for those aged '18-24', as well as other features of this program.

Reward for Volunteers

Volunteers will receive a one-Time monetary aid of 1 million UAH, which will be paid in three phases:

- 200,000 UAH after signing the contract;

- 300,000 UAH after completing training;

- 500,000 UAH on the day of exclusion from the personnel lists of the military unit.

In addition, fighters who sign such contracts will have a salary of up to 120,000 UAH and additional rewards for completing combat missions.

Requirements for Candidates

The officer of the media department of the First Recruitment Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alla Punyko states the reasons why citizens aged 18-24 may be denied the special contract.

The main requirements for candidates are legal age, fitness for military service according to medical and psychological indicators, as well as the absence of criminal records.

'We may refuse a candidate if they did not pass the military-medical commission, do not meet the age requirements, or have a criminal record. But currently, we are seeing more and more eager young people coming to us, and we haven't had any refusals from candidates so far,' emphasized Punyko.