Ukraine disrupts draft evasion schemes and Russian assassination plots

Ukrainian authorities have uncovered multiple draft evasion and desertion schemes across the country. Prosecutors revealed that private educational institutions in Kyiv Oblast charged draft-eligible men $10,000 up front and $700 monthly fees for fake teaching positions to secure mobilization deferments. Reports also detailed men entering marriages with women with disabilities to legally avoid military service.

Separately, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals operating a network that charged between $5,000 and $13,000 to facilitate military desertion. In counterintelligence, the Security Service of Ukraine reported disrupting over 50 Russian assassination plots targeting Ukrainian military personnel through women recruited to set up staged dates.

In institutional developments, the Council of Europe published its first comprehensive assessment of Ukraine's implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

Sources: Liga net, NV, Radio Svoboda, Slidstvo.Info, Ukrainska Pravda