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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 ...
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]
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.
At the time 60% of Ukraine's forces were composed of professional soldiers. [13] However, due to the Ukrainian Civil War, conscription, as well as a partial mobilization, was reinstated in 2014. [14] Ukraine modified the age group of males eligible for conscription for 2015 from 18–25 to the 20–27 age group. [15]
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rejected US calls to lower its military recruitment age to 18 to help increase the number of soldiers fighting against Russia.
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 ...
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (Ukrainian: Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу, romanized: Zyma u vohni: Borotba Ukrainy za svobodu) is a 2015 documentary film directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, written by Den Tolmor about the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine from 21 November 2013 to 23 February 2014.