President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to develop and submit for consideration by the Parliament a number of bills on strengthening the state's defense capability.

Relevant presidential decree No.36/2022 was released on the presidential website on Tuesday.

According to the document, the bills should provide, in particular, for the introduction in Ukraine of a model of an intensive system of military training of citizens as a possible alternative form of military service and the termination of the conscription of Ukrainian citizens for military service from January 1, 2024.