In the Poltava region, police are searching for 30 thousand draft dodgers

In the Poltava region, the police are searching for 30 thousand draft dodgers. These are individuals who have ignored draft notices.

The statistics were provided by the spokesperson of the regional territorial recruitment center, Roman Istomin, in a comment to “Suspilne”.

“There is a procedure whereby the police, upon our request, should bring a person to the territorial recruitment center. A person who violates the administrative code has a protocol drawn up against them, followed by a ruling from the head of the territorial recruitment center. If the person has not paid the fine, then there is a request for their delivery. Usually, these are individuals who did not appear at the territorial recruitment center after receiving a draft notice,” Istomin disclosed the details.

According to him, there are about 30 thousand such individuals in the Poltava region.

It is worth noting that in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, almost 40 thousand people are wanted by the police for draft evasion. The deputy head of the regional territorial recruitment center stated that the police have the right to detain all these citizens and forcibly bring them to the territorial recruitment center under administrative detention. Therefore, he urged people “not to be surprised” when there is forced mobilization of citizens on the streets after document checks.

Meanwhile, the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence rejected an amendment that could have led to the compulsory mobilization of Ukrainians from the age of 18.