The number of Ukrainian men detained while trying to go abroad is equivalent to five brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
.in_text_content_22 { width: 300px; height: 600px; } @media(min-width: 600px) { .in_text_content_22 { width: 580px; height: 400px; } }
The Financial Times, citing data from the Ukrainian border service, reported that 13,600 people were caught trying to cross the border outside the checkpoint, and another 6,100 were detained for using fake documents at the border.
A recent spate of corruption scandals shows some paying thousands of dollars for military service release papers. – There are people who, “despite their patriotic fervor”, are trying to avoid being drafted into the army and are ready to pay for it.
Videos of conscripts being stuffed into military commissariat cars, subpoenas handed out to nightclubs, and illegal immigrants hiding in trains and trucks appear regularly in Ukrainian news.
Many cities have their own Telegram groups dedicated to the whereabouts of recruiters, the journalists record.
The article states that “Part of the problem seems to be that the Ukrainian army recruitment system has not been upgraded and some officers are still trying to fill quotas in order to get promoted.
The Land Forces of Ukraine described to the publication their recipe for dealing with evaders. To reduce their number, they are going to “pay more attention to popularizing military service and informing citizens about the necessity and irreversibility of fulfilling their constitutional duty.”
Source: Racurs
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.