Ukraine exposes draft evasion schemes and Russian military honeypot plots

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have disrupted several draft evasion networks and security threats targeting military personnel.

In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors exposed private high schools charging military-aged men $10,000 upfront and $700 monthly to register them as teachers for mobilization deferments. Concurrently, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals involved in smuggling service members away from military bases for fees up to $13,000, while officials noted a surge in fraudulent marriages with disabled women for legal exemptions.

In counterintelligence, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting over 50 Russian assassination plots where recruited women targeted soldiers with poison or explosives on fake dates. Separately, the Council of Europe published its initial baseline report assessing Ukraine’s progress in implementing the Istanbul Convention to combat violence against women.

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