Problem

In 2020, Ukraine was recognized as a member of NATO’s Enhanced Opportunities Program, which means further deepening cooperation between Ukraine and the Alliance. In view of this, it is necessary to adapt the basic principles of the Armed Forces to the international principles of the armed forces of NATO member states.
One of the priority areas of reforming the Armed Forces in accordance with NATO principles is personnel management. To date, a number of legislative acts have been adopted (draft acts have been developed) to introduce transparent, fair and clear procedures for the enlistment of citizens for military service under contract in the Armed Forces, recruitment, placement, assignment of regular military ranks, appointment to positions and awarding of state decorations to military personnel, and the creation of an effective system of military career management based on NATO principles.
However, some issues remain unresolved.
In practice, as a result of a formal approach to determining whether candidates meet the requirements for conscription or admission to military service in the Armed Forces, there are cases of enlistment persons who are unfit (partly fit) for health reasons, with psychological disabilities, various types of addictions, low level of physical fitness, moral and psychological qualities, etc. When assigning military ranks to military personnel, appointing them to positions, sending them abroad for military service and training, or discharging them from military service, subjective decision-making may be present in the process of making relevant personnel decisions, which leads to the spread of corrupt practices in this area. Regulatory acts do not establish clear and understandable procedures for rotation (transfer) of military personnel between positions in order to improve their skills and help them gain experience or to use them more efficiently. Therefore, decision-making in these aspects may be subjective and lead to abuse by individual officials in making the relevant personnel decisions. Another problem is the procedure for paying the military personnel a relocation allowance. The peculiarity of calculating this allowance is that the timeliness and completeness of its payment to military personnel depends entirely on the human factor.