Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny was not present in the Verkhovna Rada during the consideration of the bill on mobilization. Rada deputy Irina Gerashchenko announced this on social networks.

According to her, the corresponding government bill was presented by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov. Earlier, the Ukrainian parliament had adopted the mobilization bill in the first reading. The bill is currently being debated in the Rada.