"Let's after the War": What prevents the placement of foreign military bases in Ukraine

It is an article 17, which directly prohibits the location of such bases. Such changes are necessary in terms of future integration into NATO. "It is clear that, if necessary, you can find the legal formula not to call the base the base, but some" center of interaction and exchange of experience "or something. But why? It is necessary to remove this restriction that has lost its relevance to destroy the basis for speculation," - writes Reznikov in the column for liga. net.

The minister's initiative is right, but it should be considered in the short term. The same Constitution prohibits amendments to the Basic Law in a martial law or state of emergency in Ukraine.

In addition, amendments to the section of the Constitution "General Principles" (this is what refers to Article 17 - Focus) is required on the so -called "longer path" - after receiving the conclusion of the Constitutional Court, the Verkhovna Rada 2/3 of the Constitutional Composition (at least 300 votes) should be adopted with changes. After that, the decision should approve the All -Ukrainian referendum appointed by the President.

In October 2023, another parliamentary election was to take place, which will not, of course, be held due to the continuation of martial law in the country. Only after the abolition of the martial law will the legal preconditions for amending the Constitution and holding elections of people's deputies will emerge. Therefore, the changes that Minister Rennikov now speak will already be the parliament of the new convocation.

What will it be one of the priority of foreign formations in the country, of course, it is difficult to predict. Pavel Lakichuk, the head of the Projects on the Security of the Globalism Center "XXI", is reminiscent of a foreign military base on the territory of Ukraine bypassing the Basic Law.

At the time of the adoption of the Constitution in 1996, the Crimea was based on the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, and in order to legally regulate this issue, the document included a point of transitional provisions. This provision allowed the temporary stay in the territory of Ukraine of foreign military formations is possible under the terms of lease and in the order of international treaties.

It was abolished only in 2019, thus removing the legal basis for the Russian military in the Crimea. However, they also deprived themselves of the potential for the placement of military bases of international partners. Pavel Lakichuk told Focus that there are many obstacles in domestic legislation. For example, the same concept of neutral non -aligned status of Ukraine, from which they got rid of relatively recently, was imposed from Moscow.

"If we think about NATO membership, we need to change the legislative framework, we need to make changes. Now, because if we even wanted to place the base or invite peacekeeping forces, we cannot lawfully do it," he says. According to him, after the victory in the war, if Russia remains in the same form as it is now, it is necessary to raise the issue of nuclear restraint for Ukraine. That is, NATO NATO SHARING, that is, "nuclear exchange".

This program allows you to provide non -nuclear weapons, warheads for storage. The other day, the French military analyst Jean-Dominic Merzha reported that according to him, Poland and the Baltic countries can create a multinational division that can help Ukraine in the future in the fight against Russian aggression. It should be noted that earlier Polish President Andrzej Duda did not reject this opportunity, but only after the war in Ukraine and if such a decision would make NATO.

By the way, the authorities of Poland for several years have been asked for increasing the US military contingent in its territory. Talks about providing Ukraine with foreign military contingents have been going on for some time. At the beginning of June 2023, shortly before the NATO Vilnius Summit, the former Secretary General of Anders FOG Rasmussen suggested that individual NATO members could agree to the introduction of its troops into the Ukrainian territory.

"It is known that Poland is very involved in providing specific assistance to Ukraine. And I do not rule out that Poland will be even more involved in this context at the national level, and it will follow the Baltic countries, perhaps even with the possibility of introducing troops on the ground," he said in an interview with The Guardian. The stay of military formations in the territory of Ukraine is regulated by the decision of the Verkhovna Rada.

It is with its permission that determines in what amount, for what purpose, with what weapons foreign servicemen are in the country. This procedure was used to organize and conduct annual international military exercises in Ukraine. Theoretically, using this norm, foreign military can be invited to Ukraine if necessary. "The Verkhovna Rada can grant permission for temporary stay in Ukraine of military contingents, as it was done during the teaching," says military expert Oleg Zhdanov.

Another option for introducing foreign military contingents to Ukraine calls Zhdanov - declaring a state of war in the country and a further request of direct military support in other countries. According to Lakichuk, in the political sense, there is hardly some country that will now agree to send its military to Ukraine. For example, one can mention the Verkhovna Rada's appeals to the military peacekeeping contingent.

On March 3, 2022, the Parliament urged the UN to introduce peacekeeping forces into the country. However, this did not happen, the UN Security Council did not even consider this issue due to the abuse of the veto from the Russian Federation.

Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, People's Deputy Sergey Rakhmanin explains focus that the permission to stay in the country of other countries is granted after their request, and not after the request of Ukraine. "In the question of staying in Ukraine, the initiator is the kind of country that wants to send their military. At the time of the war in Ukraine, military exercises are not conducted.

And what foreign contingents can be said, if almost every NATO country, like a mantra, repeats that the main task is to prevent the deputy. " In confirmation of these words, US Presidential Advisor Jake Sullivan said Washington would support Ukraine, but without the US soldiers to fight the Russian ones. Rachmanin noted that his committee did not address any issues regarding amendments to the Constitution or the possibility of staying foreign military contingents in Ukraine.