Ukraine tackles draft evasion schemes and Russian honeytrap plots
Ukrainian authorities have uncovered multiple draft evasion schemes, Russian espionage plots, and received a Council of Europe assessment on the Istanbul Convention.
Ukrainian authorities have uncovered multiple illicit schemes aimed at draft evasion, desertion, and Russian espionage.
In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors exposed a network at private educational institutions charging military-age men $10,000 upfront and $700 monthly to register as fake teachers. Meanwhile, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three people for smuggling soldiers away from active service for fees between $5,000 and $13,000. Investigative reports also highlighted a rising trend of fraudulent marriages to women with disabilities to secure legal exemptions.
In a separate report, the Security Service of Ukraine revealed it thwarted over 50 Russian intelligence plots involving recruited women targeting military personnel on staged dates. Concurrently, the Council of Europe issued its first evaluation report monitoring Ukraine's progress in implementing the Istanbul Convention on domestic and gender-based violence.
Sources: Liga net, NV, Radio Svoboda, Slidstvo.Info, Ukrainska Pravda
How outlets assessed this
- OCCRP Critical Framed the prosecutor general's charges as a retaliatory action executed while he himself faced scandal and imminent dismissal.
- OCCRP Critical Framed Kravchenko's allegations against the anti-corruption chief as an act by an outgoing official operating under a cloud of scandal.
- OCCRP Skeptical Framed Kravchenko's move as a maneuver by a scandal-plagued official targeting anti-corruption leadership.
- Українська правда Neutral Highlighted NABU's denial and its stance that the accusations serve to derail probes into presidential office figures.
Sources
- Liga net — ДБР розслідує схему вивезення військовослужбовців із частин за $5000-13 000
- Українська правда — Прокуратура: У ліцеях на Київщині за 10 000 доларів оформляли "вчителів" для уникнення мобілізації
- Slidstvo.Info — Цьогоріч завербовані жінки понад 50 разів намагалися вбити українських військових на підставних побаченнях, — СБУ
- NV — Завидні наречені. Як шлюби з жінками з інвалідністю використовують для ухилення від військової служби в Україні
- Радіо Свобода — Рада Європи вперше оцінила виконання Україною Стамбульської конвенції. Що виявили?
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