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How should I approach escaping/draft dodging Ukraine? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by Envylike@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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Long story short - I have slightly more than a year left before I'm legally required to serve in the Ukrainian military, not that it matters that much since they grab people off the streets anyway, but it will be an even bigger problem since I will officially have no "excuse" not to serve and will have to hide or escape before then, and it doesn't look like the war will end for the next god knows how many years. Has anyone here draft-dodged or escaped their country in a similar manner before? If so, any advice on how to do so?

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[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As a last resort, could you get to Moldova and swim across the Dnister? I don't know details about what it's like there for Ukrainians, but this gives some hope: https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/bi-annual-fact-sheet-2025-02-moldova.pdf

[–] Envylike@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Border patrol looooves making example out of people who try to swim through the river so that's one of the last resort options really.

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Damn. I wonder if it would be any easier from further north, like Pavlivka or even Nove. Stay safe, comrade!