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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]
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.
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.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on Tuesday he had resigned to take responsibility for a scandal in which dozens of officials are alleged to have abused their ...
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 ...
Ukraine has taken steps to broaden the pool of draft-eligible men, but the efforts have only scratched the surface against a much larger Russian military. In April, Ukraine’s parliament passed a series of laws, including one lowering its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25, aimed at broadening the universe of men who could be called on ...
Zelenskyy rejected US pressure to lower the draft age from 25 to 18. The US had suggested the reduction to address manpower shortages in the conflict.