Critically important status and employee reservation: Recent changes in Ukraine

By Maksym Tesliar, Iryna Shaposhnikova and Anna Piliuk

June 2026 – Ukraine has updated the rules for recognising enterprises as critically important and for reserving employees liable for military service.

The new regulation came into force on 2 June 2026, with certain changes taking effect on 1 September 2026, and brings important changes to the criteria for granting critical enterprise status, as well as to the procedures for reserving employees during mobilisation and martial law.

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