MOSCOW, June 20 Ukrainian border guards detained a resident of Odessa who , dressed as an old woman, tried to illegally cross the border and get into Slovakia, the State Border Service of Ukraine reported on Thursday.
«An Odessa resident disguised himself as a grandmother in order to get to the border area. However, the grandmother was exposed by border guards on the way to her destination. She, or rather he, boarded the Kyiv-Uzhgorod train without documents and subsequently admitted that he planned to get there to Slovakia unnoticed. He will have to answer for his actions in court,” says a message published on the Border Service’s Telegram channel.
As the State Border Service of Ukraine reported in December 2023, every day border guards detain 20-25 men who are trying to illegally leave Ukraine. However, some die while trying to leave the country. Thus, according to the department, since February 2022, 35 people who tried to cross it by swimming have drowned in the Tisza River, on the border of Ukraine and Romania.
A martial law regime has been introduced in Ukraine since February 24, 2022; the next day, Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization. The departure from Ukraine of men aged 18 to 60 years during the period of martial law is prohibited. For evasion of military service during mobilization, the country provides for criminal liability in the form of imprisonment for up to 5 years.
The summons can be served in different places. Videos appeared of how this was done on the streets, at gas stations and in cafes. It does not have to be presented by a representative of the military registration and enlistment office — this can also be done by the managers of the enterprise where the conscript works, the heads of the housing office, representatives of the house committee and other officials.