Kyiv returns expatriate Ukrainian men to the country

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the newspaper “Thugs Shaw”, many Ukrainians of military age currently live abroad – now Kiev wants them to return to their country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced measures to deal with this issue and return Ukrainian nationals from abroad.

Ukraine wants to ensure that Ukrainian men in Soldiers living abroad should return. Dmytrokolba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, wrote on the X online service: Living abroad does not exempt a citizen from obligations towards his homeland. That is why he ordered measures aimed at “restoring the balance between men of military age in Ukraine and those serving abroad.” He emphasized that his home ministry will provide more details about this soon.

According to Koleba, these decisions are related to the laws based Men of military age may provide consular services at missions abroad. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine wrote: “If these people think that one of them is fighting at the front and sacrificing his life for this country, and the other is sitting abroad and receiving services from this country, it is not the case.” >

The Ukrainian news site ZN.UA published a report citing the official document of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country. Based on this, the ministry ordered the Ukrainian consulates to issue the necessary documents to return to Ukraine only for male citizens between the ages of 18 and 60. Accordingly, these men should return to their country to do other official work.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has not yet confirmed this information. Ukrainian passport authorities announced that due to technical reasons, some processes at diplomatic missions abroad are currently not being processed. Long queues of men formed in front of Ukrainian consulates in the main refugee countries in the EU after the alleged regulations were revealed. They wanted to apply for a new passport before the new law came into effect.

Ukraine government tightened the rules for the mobilization of soldiers about two weeks ago. Among them, those who avoid military service are punished more severely and those who do military service are released later. After more than two years of war, Ukraine has recently been severely challenged by Russia, and the military is currently having a hard time recruiting new soldiers.

Also, with the imposition of martial law, conscripts in Ukraine were prohibited from leaving the country with a few exceptions. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men have fled the Green Border abroad with fake documents to avoid military service. According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko, his office is currently looking for hundreds of thousands of people who allegedly ignored draft warnings and summonses.

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