What documents men aged 18 to 60 must carry during mobilisation

During mobilisation, men aged 18 to 60 are under a separate obligation regarding documents. The law requires them to carry a military registration document and to present it to the persons specified by law, while the check itself must follow an established procedure.

During the period of mobilisation, male citizens of Ukraine aged 18 to 60 must carry a military registration document. This requirement is expressly set out in the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation”.

This may be either a military registration document in paper form or an electronic one. For conscripts, persons liable for military service and reservists, the electronic document may be displayed in the “Reserve+” app. Both forms have equal legal force.

A check, however, is not limited to the military registration document alone. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 560 provides that authorised persons have the right to demand a military registration document together with an identity document.

In practice, therefore, a man aged 18 to 60 should be able to present two documents: an identity document and a military registration document, whether paper or electronic.

At the same time, not just anyone may demand military registration documents. The law defines a specific range of authorised representatives. These include representatives of territorial recruitment and social support centres, police officers and — within the border strip, controlled border areas and checkpoints across the state border — representatives of the State Border Guard Service.

The government procedure separately regulates how military registration documents are checked during mobilisation. A demand to show a document should therefore not be treated as an unlimited right of any person to verify a citizen’s military registration data.

It also matters that the requirement applies precisely to the age range of 18 to 60. The everyday phrase “up to 60” may be imprecise, since the law itself uses the wording “aged from 18 to 60 years”.

During mobilisation, then, men in this age group must hold a military registration document and be ready to present it together with an identity document at the lawful demand of an authorised representative. The military registration document does not have to be a paper one: a valid electronic document with a QR code is a full alternative to the paper version.