No Automatic Draft Exemptions for Diia.City Residents: Criteria You Must Meet.

Military Reservations and Diia.City

According to Novyny.live: Companies registered as residents of Diia.City can apply for exemption from military mobilization for their employees, but being designated as a critically important enterprise is not automatic. Businesses must fulfill specific requirements set under recent changes to Ukraine's wartime military legislation, enacted during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.

The classification as a critically important enterprise does not come automatically. According to Yuriy Ayvazyan,

“a Diia.City resident does not receive critically important enterprise status by default.”

Requirements for Obtaining Status

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has adopted Resolution No. 692, which revises the rules for reserving employees at critically important enterprises. A key factor determining eligibility will be the average salary level. For ordinary enterprises, according to Yuriy Ayvazyan, mandatory conditions include:

• no tax or Unified Social Contribution (USC) arrears;
• meeting the salary threshold.

For Diia.City residents in 2026, the criteria are as follows:

• no outstanding tax or USC debts;
• compliance with the salary requirement;
• active status as a Diia.City resident.

In short, companies must satisfy all these conditions to be recognized as critically important and to gain the ability to reserve their staff from mobilization.

These legislative updates on employee mobilization exemptions are part of broader state efforts to sustain the economy during wartime. By linking critically important enterprise status to concrete benchmarks, the government aims to ensure that only businesses genuinely contributing to economic stability benefit from mobilization-related privileges. This approach also creates stronger incentives for companies to comply with legal standards and improve their financial performance.