Since the beginning of the special operation, almost 20 thousand people have escaped from compulsory military service in Ukraine, reports the BBC. Journalists sent questions to the authorities of Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland and learned that from February 2022 to August 31, 2023, 19,740 men from Ukraine illegally crossed the border with these countries, who could have been called up to serve in the Armed Forces. Ukrainian forces. During the same period, 21,113 people were detained on the Ukrainian side while attempting to illegally cross the border. The situation with draft dodgers was commented on by the representative of the President of Ukraine in parliament Fyodor Venislavsky. He claims that only 1-5% of conscripts try to evade military service and this has virtually no effect on the combat effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that men of military age with white tickets, that is, people declared unfit for service, are fleeing Ukraine en masse.
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