Ukraine uncovers mobilization evasion schemes and thwarts Russian intelligence plots

Ukrainian authorities have uncovered multiple mobilization evasion schemes while countering foreign intelligence operations, according to official reports.

In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors exposed private lyceums charging draft-eligible men $10,000 for fake teaching jobs to obtain military deferrals. Concurrently, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals running a $5,000 to $13,000 scheme to smuggle active servicemen away from military units. Law enforcement also noted an increased reliance on fraudulent marriages to women with disabilities as legal grounds for mobilization exemptions.

In counterintelligence, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting over 50 Russian plots involving recruited women targeting soldiers on staged dates with poison or explosives. Separately, the Council of Europe released its first report evaluating Ukraine's progress under the Istanbul Convention on domestic violence.

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