Ukrainian Security Service Uncovers Six New Draft Evasion Schemes.

Ukrainian Authorities Expose Mobilization Evasion Networks

According to Novyny.live: In a coordinated operation on February 17, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR), and the National Police exposed six new schemes designed to help citizens evade mandatory military service, detaining the organizers. Investigators found that the cost for these illegal services ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 per person.

This crackdown comes as Ukraine continues its defense against a full-scale invasion, making the integrity of its mobilization system a critical national security issue. Among those detained was a city council deputy in the Odesa region, who used his position as a neurologist to sell fraudulent medical exemption certificates. Authorities also arrested a deputy head of a regional State Emergency Service office in the Carpathian region, and a man in the Kyiv region who sold counterfeit documents for traveling abroad.

• In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two suspects registered conscripts to a company that would then send them on purported work assignments abroad.
• In the Cherkasy region, a village council department head has been notified of suspicion for his alleged role.

Law enforcement officials state that the suspects face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property if convicted.

The exposure of these schemes underscores the ongoing efforts of law enforcement to combat mobilization evasion.

These arrests highlight the government's campaign to root out corruption within the mobilization process. The detention of officials holding public office signals a tightening of accountability and a more rigorous enforcement system for such crimes.