Ukraine's Military Medical Commissions Go Fully Online By April 1

The reform of military medical commissions (MMCs) in Ukraine is gaining momentum, and starting from April 1, all medical reports will be issued exclusively online. Also, starting in April, rebooking of employees will be mandatory, registration for participation in the NMT will end, and some pensioners will have their pensions recalculated. Read more in the article.

New rules for passing the military qualification examination

The reform of military medical commissions continues in Ukraine. Starting from April 1, paper conclusions of the Military Medical Commission will become a thing of the past and will be issued only online, writes Korrespondent.

How it will work:

• Referrals to the MEC from the Oberig register are automatically sent to the MEC office.
• The conclusions of the commissions after the examinations of persons liable for military service are automatically sent to the Oberig and displayed in the Reserve+ application faster.
• Resolutions on servicemen are stored in the medical information system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Starting in November, anonymization of the data of persons liable for military service during the preliminary medical examination will be introduced, meaning that the doctor will not know whom he is examining.

Until June 5, 2025, the preliminary medical examination is mandatory (by law) only for those persons liable for military service who were previously (until May 2024) recognized as limitedly fit for service aged 25 to 60, except for those with the status of a person with a disability.

Employee reserves

Starting April 1, Ukrainians liable for military service who have not been re-booked by their employers will lose the right to deferral from mobilization, Ekonomichna Pravda reports.

By March 31, companies must confirm their criticality status and re-book their employees in accordance with the updated criteria. The employer can submit the lists for booking online on the Diia portal.

Registration for the National Multisubject Test (NMT)

Registration takes place remotely. It will last until April 3. Until April 8, registrants will be able to make changes in their personal accounts, Fakty reports.

New rules for paying sick leave

On April 4, 2025, new rules for paying sick leave will come into force. This refers to the law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Compulsory State Social Insurance", which the Verkhovna Rada adopted in December 2024. These changes concern the payment of sick leave both at the main place of work and at a part-time job.

According to the new sick leave payment rules:

• temporary disability benefits will be provided at the main place of work and at the place of part-time work;
• temporary disability benefits due to an industrial accident or occupational disease will be paid by the employer in the amount of 100% of the average salary (the first 17 days will be paid by the company);
• if the employee has another job, the second employer pays for the first 5 days of temporary disability at its own expense.

Limits on card-to-card transfers

On April 1, the temporary limit of UAH 150 thousand on card transfers by individuals will expire.

Starting from October 1, 2024, the National Bank of Ukraine has temporarily set a limit of UAH 150 thousand per month for card-to-card (P2P, C2C) transfers for individuals for six months. The limit applies only to outgoing transfers across all accounts of a client opened in one bank to accounts of other individuals.

The limit does not apply to the accounts of volunteers who meet the criteria set out in the resolution and individuals whose monthly income from confirmed sources exceeds the amount of the limit.

It also applies to transfers of funds between the client's own accounts opened with the same bank and to transfers of legal entities.

At the same time, in early December 2024, banks signed an open-ended memorandum under which limits on card transfers for risky customers are reduced to UAH 50 thousand per month.

More than 20 courts in southern Ukraine will change their names

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Law No. 4273-IX "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 'On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges' on Changing the Names of Local General Courts". The Verkhovna Rada adopted this law on February 26, 2025. It is aimed at bringing the names of local courts in line with the legislation on decommunization, protection of the state language and the modern administrative and territorial structure of the country, Intent reports.

The document provides for the renaming of 103 local general courts throughout Ukraine. It is important that the change of names will not lead to their reorganization, liquidation or creation of new judicial institutions.

The law comes into force on April 25, 2025.

In particular, courts in Mykolaiv region have been renamed:

• Yuzhnoukrainskyi City Court will become the South Ukrainian City Court;
• Zhovtnevyi District Court will change its name to Vitovskyi District Court;
• Leninsky District Court of Mykolaiv will be renamed Ingulsky District Court.

In Odesa region:

• Illichivsk City Court will become Chornomorsk City Court;
• Yuzhne City Court will be renamed Yuzhne City Court;
• Kotovskyi City District Court will be renamed Podilskyi City District Court;
• Krasnooknyansky District Court will become the Oknyansky District Court;
• Kominternivskyi District Court will change its name to Dobroslavskyi District Court;
• Frunzivskyi District Court will be renamed Zakharovskyi District Court;
• Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa will be renamed Khadzhibeyskyi District Court;
• Suvorovskyi District Court of Odesa will become Peresypskyi District Court.

In Kherson region:

• Tsyurupinsky District Court will be renamed Oleshkivsky District Court;
• Suvorovsky District Court of Kherson will become the Central District Court of the city;
• Komsomolsky District Court of Kherson will be renamed Korabelny District Court.

Six courts in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea will also be renamed:

• Kirovsky District Court will become Islamteretsky District Court;
• Krasnogvardeyskiy District Court will be renamed Kurmanskiy District Court;
• Krasnoperekopsk City District Court will be renamed Perekopsk City District Court;
• Leninsky District Court will be renamed Yedikuysky District Court;
• Pervomaisky District Court will change its name to Dzhurchansky District Court;
• Sovetsky District Court will become Ichinsky District Court.

Ігор Льов