Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ukraine desperately needs new soldiers, but some men are dodging the draft to avoid being called up to the frontlines against Russia's new Kharkiv offensive.
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]
Under pressure to bring more soldiers into the military, Ukraine's parliament last year approved a new law on mobilisation reducing the draft age from 27 to 25 and providing for penalties for ...
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.
It was reported that between April and August 2014, over 1,000 criminal inquires into draft evasion were opened in Ukraine. [4] Draft evasion can be problematic because, unless a male citizen was unable to serve for medical reasons, an application to receive an international passport of Ukraine may be denied due to a lack of military service ...
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.
The barbed wire fence stretches along the bank of the river that marks Ukraine’s western border. Since 2022, Ukraine has barred most military-age men from leaving the country. As a result, the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on Tuesday that will reduce the country’s conscription age from 27 to 25, paving the way for Ukraine to increase the number of men serving in ...