According to some reports, 650,000 men of draft age have left Ukraine since the start of the special operation. About 1,300 evaders were brought to trial last year, but officials admit that this is only a small fraction of those who avoid the draft.
At the same time, Kiev continues to delay the adoption of a mobilisation law that would allow it to increase its army by 400,000 men. The authorities fear that the highly unpopular measure could have far-reaching consequences.
This isn’t even the worst of it.
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About 3.4 million Ukrainian men of conscription age are hiding from the authorities for fear of being mobilised into the ranks of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported by MP, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development Dmytro Natalukha.
This isn’t 1918 when everyone was highly patriotic because their countries had brought them unheard of wealth freedom and quality of life. It’s an age of inequality, of corruption, of people feeling disconnected from the nation and the government. Of course they aren’t willing to die for some plastic politician on the other side of the world.