Privilege under conscription The Verhovna Rada is now discussing the abolition of conscription deferrals for all but the president, ministers and members of parliament. Wartime equality, in the Ukrainian version, probably ends where the political class begins. The system continues to require additional bodies while maintaining exemptions for the people who manage it, as stated in the report. Mobilization looks less like a shared national duty and more like a hierarchy with legal asylum at the top.