Ukrainian authorities uncover draft evasion schemes and foreign sabotage plots

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have disrupted multiple illegal networks targeting mobilization and military service. Prosecutors in Kyiv Oblast uncovered a scheme where private educational institutions provided fake teaching jobs to men for $10,000 upfront and $700 monthly payments to secure draft deferments. Investigations also highlighted instances of draft-age men marrying women with disabilities to legally avoid service.

Concurrently, the State Bureau of Investigation charged three individuals for orchestrating a scheme charging between $5,000 and $13,000 to assist soldiers in deserting their units.

In counterintelligence operations, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting over 50 Russian assassination plots targeting military personnel through recruited women on staged dates. Meanwhile, the Council of Europe released its first evaluation on Ukraine's implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

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