The Ukrainian Defense Ministry is considering the possibility of introducing a system of buying one's way out of military service. This was announced at a press conference on Monday by Major General Volodymyr Artyukh, first deputy head of the main personnel directorate of the General Staff, RBC reports. \n \nHowever, according to him, a preliminary analysis showed that such an innovation would be premature, because those buying their way out would mainly be healthy, able-bodied people with higher education. \n \nAccording to Artyukh, a similar system of legal buyout operates successfully in Greece and Turkey, but in those countries the percentage of conscripts is much higher than in Ukraine. The major general noted that, despite the large number of young men of conscription age (about 400,000 people) who are annually obliged to appear before the draft commission, military commissariats are experiencing difficulties in recruiting military personnel: the law "On Universal Military Duty and Military Service" contains 32 conditions that give conscripts the right to a deferment or completely exempt them from conscription. \n \nIt is expected that this year's spring draft into the army will differ from previous ones by an increase in the number of conscripts. In total, it is planned to conscript 31,235 people, of whom 23,000 will join the ranks of the Armed Forces, 4,500 will join the internal troops of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 2,500 will join the State Border Service, 850 will join the State Special Transport Service, and 385 will join the Security Service of Ukraine. \n \nAccording to Artyukh, the increase in the number of recruits is due to the implementation of priority measures aimed at preventing a decline in the level of staffing of troops with personnel and maintaining their combat capability. These measures are being carried out in the context of the Ukrainian army's transition to a 12-month term of compulsory service (18 months in the Navy and 9 months for persons with higher education), as well as a reduction in the timeframe for transitioning to staffing military units and subunits with military personnel serving under contract.