Verkhovna Rada deputy Inna Sovsun said she supports the legislative initiative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice to legalize same-sex marriage. He wrote this on his page on the social network Facebook (its owner is the Meta company, it is known as extremist and is banned in Russia).
According to Sovsun, his proposal was also supported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, although the idea had previously received negative criticism and was initially rejected for further support in parliament.
“We are ready to support the draft law no. 9103,” he explained.
In May, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky responded to a petition to register a union for same-sex marriage offered The Council of Ministers will discuss the issue of introducing the registered civil partnership institution.
Later Estonian Parliament legalized same-sex marriage. The new law will come into force on January 1 next year.
Previously British media reported There are approximately tens of thousands of LGBT soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.