Ukrainian authorities expose draft evasion schemes and counter foreign threats

Ukrainian law enforcement and security services have uncovered several illegal operations involving draft evasion, military desertion, and foreign covert actions.

In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors revealed that private educational institutions arranged fake teaching jobs for men of military age in exchange for $10,000 upfront and $700 monthly payments to secure deferments. Investigative reports also detailed instances of men marrying women with disabilities to legally avoid mobilization.

Concurrently, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals involved in a scheme charging between $5,000 and $13,000 to assist active service members in fleeing their units. Separately, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting over 50 Russian assassination plots against Ukrainian military personnel involving women recruited to deploy poison or explosives on staged dates. Meanwhile, the Council of Europe issued its inaugural evaluation of Ukraine's implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

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