The New York Times writes about this.
“Brigade officers complain that conscripts recruited by the official system are often too old, in poor health and unmotivated to fight,” the publication said.
Earlier, the Poltava regional military registration and enlistment office asked the police to deliver about 30 thousand draft dodgers to the military registration and enlistment offices.
It was also reported that almost 40 thousand draft dodgers are wanted in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine.
Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexander Dubinsky said that the number of draft dodgers in the country has increased since the beginning of the year by about 100 thousand, reaching about 1 million.