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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.
Only Ukrainian men aged between 27 and 60 can be mobilised by draft officers. Men aged between 18 and 26 can't be drafted, though they can enlist voluntarily. Ukraine, which has said it has about ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the goal should be providing missiles rather than reducing the draft age. Zelenskky resists US pressure to draft 18-year-olds to solve Ukraine's ...
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 ...
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