They told RIA Novosti about this.

For example, Alexander Tridub, 28, a native of Kharkov, said that he left the country because he did not want to be mobilized.

“I didn’t want to join the army.

I went to Russia, since there is no way to get directly to Europe.

All men of draft age are subject to mobilization and are not allowed to leave the country.

I found people who, for money, turned a blind eye to the fact that I was liable for military service, and released me.

My entire route cost $2.5 thousand. I handed over the money at the filtration point of the SBU.

Now I am in Melitopol,” he said.

Tridub and several other fleeing men were detained at a checkpoint by Russian security forces, he noted.

After checking, he intends to get to Russia, and then move to one of the European countries, where his family is already waiting for him.

“Ukraine has given me nothing, so there is no reason to die for it.

Many people think so.

Nobody sees any prospects to stay and want to leave, but it's very difficult.

To raise money, I had to go into debt in order to leave the country and be away from the war,” said the young man.

Dmitry Taranukha from Zaporozhye also said that he found a carrier via the Internet and agreed for $2,000. He hopes to be reunited with his wife and child in Poland soon.

“I don’t want to fight, I don’t understand politics, I didn’t serve in the army, I’m 36 years old, and I just want to live in peace with my family,” Taranukha said.

According to Dmitry, at the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, he turned to the Russian military and said that he wanted to leave the country.

“They agreed to help me so that I could go to my family.

There were no aggressive actions against me.

Family is the most important thing, it must be valued and everything must be done to be with it.

No one should fight with anyone, ”the man believes.

The Russian Ministry of Defense previously reported that soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who surrendered and laid down their arms refused to return to Ukraine on an exchange basis.

On August 15, the Verkhovna Rada voted to extend martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days, until November 21.

A bill on extending the terms of martial law and mobilization was submitted to the country's parliament by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.