More than 49,000 Ukrainians have been arrested because they have tried to leave to not recruit

More than 49,000 people have been arrested in Ukraine because they attempted to leave the country illegally crossing the border after being imposed, in 2022, by military law due to the Russian invasion, the border guard said today. Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving the country – with the exception of some exceptions. Those who want to escape recruitment illegally cross the border, sometimes risking their lives. “From February 24, 2022, about 45,000 Ukrainian citizens, men aged 18 to 60, were arrested by the National Border Guard” while trying to leave the country secretly, its spokesman, Andriy Demzenko, told the French Agency. In addition, “about 4,000” were arrested for attempting to cross the border through legal crossings but having false documents in possession. Most of the Ukrainians trying to leave pass through hypercarpathia, a mountainous, wooded area on the border with Romania and Hungary that has long been […]
Source: News Beast

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