Ukrainian authorities uncover draft evasion schemes as Council of Europe evaluates violence convention

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have disrupted several draft evasion and desertion operations across the country. In Kyiv Oblast, prosecutors uncovered a network of private high schools charging draft-eligible men a $10,000 initial fee and $700 monthly payments for fake teaching positions to secure draft deferments. Concurrently, the State Bureau of Investigations charged three individuals with smuggling military personnel away from active duty stations for fees ranging between $5,000 and $13,000. Authorities also highlighted a rise in fraudulent marriages to women with disabilities as a method to obtain deferments.

In counterintelligence operations, the Security Service of Ukraine reported thwarting over 50 Russian plots involving recruited women targeting soldiers during staged dates. Meanwhile, the Council of Europe released its first evaluation assessing Ukraine's implementation of the Istanbul Convention on preventing gender-based and domestic violence.

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