Ukrainian authorities dismantle draft evasion schemes and counter Russian plots

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have uncovered multiple illegal mobilization evasion schemes, while security services report countering targeted Russian intelligence operations.

In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors exposed a network at private lyceums charging draft-eligible men $10,000 to secure fake teaching positions. Separately, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals for smuggling service members away from active military units for fees reaching $13,000. Authorities also highlighted an increasing reliance on fraudulent marriages to women with disabilities as a legal loophole for mobilization deferrals.

In counterintelligence developments, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting more than 50 Russian schemes where recruited Ukrainian women targeted soldiers on staged dates using explosives or poison. Additionally, the Council of Europe released its initial evaluation monitoring Ukraine's implementation of the Istanbul Convention on domestic and gender-based violence.

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