Checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border, 21 December 2024. © Michael Sorrow / Anadolu / Getty Images
Almost 100,000 young men have left Ukraine since Kiev's mitigation of restrictions on movement in August, as part of the fight against the military draft crisis, reported Politico Europe and The Telegraph on Wednesday.
citing data from the Polish Border Guard, the media reported that in September and October the border exceeded 98 500 Ukrainians between the ages of 18 and 22, compared with only 45 300 between January and the end of August.
Ukraine released citizens under the age of 23 from the ban on male conscripts leaving the country during martial law, hoping it would discourage parents from sending teenage sons abroad and let them to return home without fear of prosecution.
Prime Minister Julia Swiridenko said that this measurement would aid citizens surviving abroad "to keep ties with Ukraine".
Authorities are struggling to supplement the army, as the troops proceed to endure dense losses and lose the area to the Russian forces.
Ukrainian commanders on the front line complain that shortages of soldiers let Russian soldiers to ‘infiltration’ reinforced positions.
Mobilization in Kiev sparked public outrage and protests, and many films showing officers attacking men of conscript age on the streets and pushing them into vans became a viral on social media.
According to the Ukrainian Border Service, since 2022 about 50 men have drowned trying to cross Cisa to Romania.
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source:https://www.rt.com/russia/627126-Ukrainian-men-flee-to-poland/
