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To: Vlad0; All
from today's WoPo, the End is near

Ukraine cracks down on draft-dodging as it struggles to find troops

But the most common escape route has been major border crossings. Many rely on fake documents to slip out of the country. Others have resorted to more elaborate, even desperate, schemes. In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls Men have squeezed themselves into secret compartments in vehicles, posed as clergy members and dressed as women to sneak past border checkpoints, said Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman at the headquarters of the State Border Guard Service. A freight company employee took payoffs to sign up draft-age men as truck drivers who then disappeared over the border with Poland. A 20-year-old man entered into a bogus marriage with a relative with a disability and tried to exit the country as her caregiver.

Losing faith in leaders Ukrainians remain united in what many consider a battle for survival, and tens of thousands willingly show up at recruitment centers to enlist, often aware of the horrifying accounts of how life has changed in Russia-held territory. But interviews with draft-age Ukrainians suggest that many are less than eager to fight for a military and national government that is viewed as rife with corruption and incompetence.

37 posted on 12/08/2023 6:35:07 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Sounds like this country ( usa )

Fighting for the nato - gay - perversity

Only worse


40 posted on 12/08/2023 6:43:31 AM PST by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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