The SSU has blocked another three schemes of draft evasion and illegal departure of conscription-aged men abroad.

Organizers have been detained in different regions of Ukraine.

One of them used a fake certificate of a non-existent ‘Anti-Corruption Committee’.

For money, the perpetrators offered to help conscripts evade mobilization and escape abroad bypassing checkpoints.

The cost of such ‘services’ reached USD 12,000 depending on the urgency and method of escape.

In Odesa region:

three suspects were detained for organizing a channel for draft evaders to escape to the EU. To find ‘clients’, they posted ads on TikTok.

The men were hidden in cargo compartments of trucks and transported to the border. There, they were given inflatable boats to cross the border river to a neighbouring country.

Another route was through prepared forest trails.

After crossing the border, the evaders were met by one of the organizers, who for an additional fee helped them to legalize abroad.

In Bukovyna:

The law enforcement agencies neutralized a criminal group that organized an illegal migration channel to the EU.

The group’s head was a repeat offender who had already been convicted of smuggling illegal immigrants across the border.

Together with two accomplices, they took draft dodgers to a neighbouring country through forests.

One of the members used a fake certificate of a civil ‘anti-corruption activist’. He presented this fake ID at checkpoints when transporting his ‘clients’ to a ‘destination’ near the border.

In Zakarpattia region:

Another three local residents were detained for trying to smuggle several potential conscripts from Rakhiv district to the EU through the so-called ‘green border’.

Investigations are underway.

The operations were conducted jointly with the National Police under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office.