Original Russian-language document. Law No. 10-INs of the First People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic. Adopted 22 September 2021. Sourced from the DPR legislative portal. This law established the legal basis for the declaration of general mobilisation by Decree No. 29 on 19 February 2022 — five days before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The DPR Law on Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation (Law No. 10-INs, 22 September 2021) establishes the statutory framework for mobilising the population and economy of the Donetsk People's Republic in conditions of threat or armed conflict. The law defines the concepts of mobilisation preparation (peacetime readiness measures), partial mobilisation, and general mobilisation, and assigns responsibilities to the Head of State, the People's Council (parliament), government ministries, and economic entities. It mirrors Russian Federal Law No. 31-FZ "On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation in the Russian Federation" and effectively pre-positions the DPR's legal architecture for the general mobilisation order that was issued five months later, on 19 February 2022, by Decree No. 29 of the Head of the DPR (see DOC-108). The law is a key document in understanding how the DPR legal system was designed as a functional precursor to Russian federal integration, with mobilisation powers calibrated to Russian Federation standards.
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Article 1 — Concepts Used in This Law
For the purposes of this Law, the following concepts are used: mobilisation — a set of measures carried out in order to transfer the state bodies, armed formations, economy, and organisations of the Donetsk People's Republic to operate under wartime conditions; mobilisation preparation — a set of measures carried out during peacetime in order to prepare the Donetsk People's Republic for mobilisation; general mobilisation — the simultaneous mobilisation of all components of the Donetsk People's Republic; partial mobilisation — the mobilisation of individual components of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Article 4 — Powers of the Head of the DPR
The Head of the Donetsk People's Republic: declares general or partial mobilisation in the event of aggression or threat of aggression against the Donetsk People's Republic; heads the system of state administration in conditions of mobilisation; issues decrees and directives on mobilisation preparation and mobilisation that are mandatory for execution by all state bodies, organisations, and citizens.
Article 10 — Obligations of Citizens
Citizens are obliged: to appear when summoned by military commissariats or other authorised bodies for the purposes of military registration, conscription for military service, and entry into the reserve; to fulfil mobilisation orders in established time limits; to report for military service at the time and place designated by military commissariats upon the declaration of mobilisation.
Analytical note
The combination of this law with the military duty law (DOC-105) created a complete conscription and mobilisation architecture that was activated in February 2022. Article 4's grant to the Head of the DPR of unilateral power to declare general mobilisation — exercised by Decree No. 29 on 19 February 2022, five days before Russia's full-scale invasion — reflects the degree to which the DPR's legal system was coordinated with and subordinated to Russian strategic planning. The subsequent RF Federal Law No. 423-FZ (DOC-121) extended the enforcement provisions of this mobilisation regime to the annexed territories under Russian federal law.