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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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[–] tyra@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m so sorry about your situation, that truly sounds like a nightmare to me. Vienna recently cut the general insurance for Ukrainian asylum seekers, but they still offer limited support. So this might be an option?

I’m from Vienna and I know a guy who successfully smuggled his younger brother to Vienna, so he can escape the war. If you want, I can try to reach out to him and ask about more details. But I cannot promise to get them, since we’re not that close.

However, I also want to share the organization “Queerbase” in Vienna, as I understood that you’re trans?

Queerbase is a non governmental organization occupying a house in Vienna and offering a place to life for queer migrants that seek asylum. https://queerbase.at/

Please let me know if this is interesting for you, I definitely know some people there and could get more information. They also offer support in Ukrainian.

[–] Envylike@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago

Thank you very much, this is indeed of great interest to me. I would really appreciate it if you could get in touch, and I understand that this is a shot in the dark rather than a guarantee. I will also look into the org thing, if there's a snowball in hell's chance I'll take it.