The SSU has shut down another 5 channels used by men of military age to evade mobilization and illegally leave Ukraine.

The detained suspects include the head of a district military registration and enlistment office in Kharkiv oblast and the director of a private university branch in Rivne.

For money, the organizers of the schemes ‘helped’ men travel to the EU states using counterfeit documents or bypassing checkpoints.

The ‘services’ cost from USD 800 to USD 8,000, depending on the urgency of departure and intermediaries in the transactions.

Due to the SSU’s prompt response, over a hundred draft evaders were prevented from departing from Ukraine.

In Kharkiv region:

The SSU detained the head of a district military enlistment office who sold fake certificates of unfitness for service to potential conscripts.

To operate the scheme, the official involved accomplices from the local military medical commission, who wrote ‘severe diagnoses’ for the ‘clients’.

The evaders planned to use the counterfeit documents to travel abroad.

In Rivne:

The SSU Military Counterintelligence apprehended the director of a private university’s local branch. For bribes, she promised persons liable for military service ‘extraordinary’ enrolment to the institution with the right to defer conscription.

The branch head promised the ‘students’ to later send them abroad to ‘study’ at a partner educational institution in the EU.

In Zakarpattia region:

The law enforcement eliminated another two illegal migration channels. In Tyachiv district, a smuggler was rafting draft evaders across the river running along the border.

Another scheme was organized by a resident of Berehove district, who led her ‘clients’ across the border through forest trails.

In Ivano-Frankivsk region:

The SSU exposed three offenders who smuggled draft evaders across the border through hard-to-reach mountainous terrain.

Investigations of the uncovered schemes are ongoing. The offenders are facing up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.

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