Олексій Соболєв
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Ukraine's PM says Cabinet will finalise booking-system overhaul this week, insists critical enterprises unaffected
Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky told BBC News Ukraine on 19 October that the Cabinet of Ministers will finalise this week changes to the conscription deferment (booking) system aimed at curbing large-scale abuses, while guaranteeing that genuinely critical enterprises will keep booking workers as before. He warned that monthly bookings and deferrals have been running into tens of thousands and, if the trend continues, "absolutely everyone" will soon be booked. The statement comes as parliament, the Ministry of Defence and business groups push back against an earlier draft that proposed cutting booking limits for the defence-industrial complex and energy sector from 100% to 85%.