The law is intended to enhance social protection for military personnel, particularly those who, while carrying out tasks related to national security and defense, are captured or taken hostage, as well as those interned in neutral countries or reported missing, along with their family members, as stated in the explanatory note.
Earlier, Irina Gerashchenko, a member of parliament from "European Solidarity," reported that if a serviceman does not create a personal directive for the event of capture, financial support will be distributed in equal shares:
- to the wife (husband);
- to the legal representatives of minor (underage) children (or individuals with disabilities from childhood, regardless of their age);
- to the parents of servicemen (excluding children, parents, and others who receive alimony from the serviceman, as well as parents who have been deprived of parental rights, provided those rights have not been restored);
- to adult children and siblings, whose legal representative is the serviceman, in a total amount not exceeding 20%.
However, according to the MP, this provision does not apply to servicemen who voluntarily surrendered, deserted their units, or engaged in desertion.