{"id":1367411,"date":"2026-03-09T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/annual-leave-is-guaranteed-zelensky-signed-a-decree-on-deferral-for-contract-workers-18-24\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:23:31","slug":"annual-leave-is-guaranteed-zelensky-signed-a-decree-on-deferral-for-contract-workers-18-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/annual-leave-is-guaranteed-zelensky-signed-a-decree-on-deferral-for-contract-workers-18-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual leave is guaranteed: Zelensky signed a decree on deferral for contract workers \u201c18-24\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that provides for annual leave for military personnel who signed \u201cContract 18-24\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billinfo\/Bills\/Card\/56969\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is stated<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is noted that on February 17, the law was sent to the president, and on March 9, he returned with his signature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c(Law \u2013 ed.) 4782-IX establishes a 12-month deferment from mobilization for citizens aged 18 to 25 who, during martial law, signed a contract for a period of one year and were released from military service upon its expiration,\u201d<\/span> the Verkhovna Rada <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/verkhovnaradaukrainy\/87239\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explained<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> As you know, in February last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-minoborony-oholosyly-pro-kontraktnu-prohramu-dlia-ukraintsiv-vikom-18-24-roky-iak-molod-mozhe-pryiednatysia-do-lav-zsu\/\">the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine officially launched the &#8220;Contract 18-24&#8221; project<\/a> &#8211; a new format of voluntary service for Ukrainians aged 18 to 24.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prohramu-kontrakt-18-24-znovu-rozshyryly-molod-mozhe-doiednatysia-do-bud-iakoho-boyovoho-pidrozdilu\/\">the Deputy Head of the Presidential Office announced the expansion of the \u201cContract 18-24\u201d program<\/a> , adding all combat units of the Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that provides for annual leave for military personnel who signed \u201cContract 18-24\u201d. This is stated on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. It is noted that on February 17, the law was sent to the president, and on March 9, he returned with his signature. \u201c(Law \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1365414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1367411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1365414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}