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How should I approach escaping/draft dodging Ukraine? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 5 days 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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[–] Envylike@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Not really, most of our borders are flatlands and steppes, while the few forests we do have on the borders are often in difficult to pass terrain and are patrolled.