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Local Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) (Ukrainian: ТЦК ) officers were tasked with checking the papers of men and delivering military summons. Officers regularly faced insults and arguments with bystanders. Many draft evaders resorted to hiding in their homes or attempting to pay bribes to mobilization officers to avoid confrontations. [21]
Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s border service, said last month that 30 people have died since the beginning of the full-scale invasion trying to cross Ukraine’s western borders by ...
When the Russian army mounted a full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukrainian men zealously rushed to recruitment centers across the country to enlist, ready to die in defense of their nation.
The Ukrainian military itself has stated that, during a partial call-up in 2014, over 85,000 men failed to report to their draft offices, and nearly 10,000 of those were eventually declared to be illegal draft evaders.
US wants Ukraine to lower the conscription age to 18 amid a manpower shortage. Ukraine's military is facing weapons shortages and low morale. The White House said aid to Ukraine will not be tied ...
Unlike other Ukrainian penal units, Shkval is a series of penal battalions rather than a single unit similar to the Russian Storm-Z. [5] Per Ukrainian Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Maliuska, Shkval Battalions are classified as "Assault units". [15] [16] Each Shkval Battalion is attached to a regular Ukrainian brigade. [17]
Zelenskyy previously resisted the idea in November when an anonymous US administration official told reporters that reducing the draft age would help Ukraine keep up with Russia's military.
Report on American draft resisters who have found a refuge in Canada, focusing on four young men now living in Ontario; in interviews, they discuss the reasons why they left the U.S., their feelings on Vietnam and American politics, and their new way of life; also interviewed is a University of Waterloo professor who aids draft resisters and ...