Border guards detain 20-25 draft dodgers daily at the border

This information was provided by the spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service, Demchenko. The statistics include both attempts to pass with fake documents through checkpoints and attempts to bribe border guards on-site.

“This year shows a trend of reduction because in 2022 there were, you could say, more such cases, especially in the first months when martial law was introduced. Then, they could detain several groups, 80-90 violators per day,” Demchenko said.

Earlier reports indicated that over 20 thousand Ukrainian men managed to cross the Ukrainian border in one way or another to avoid conscription into the army. At the same time, there are officially millions of Ukrainian men in Europe. How they crossed the border is not specified but journalists often cite their reluctance to fight in the Ukrainian army as a reason for their departure.