“Ukraine
currently prohibits men aged 18 to 60 from leaving. Because of this rule, most
parents send their boys abroad before they turn 18. Seeing the situation, the
Ukrainian government passed a law that slightly changes the border crossing
rules.
The
Financial Times reports that Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, has
announced that young men under the age of 22 will be able to leave the country.
This change in border control rules has also been coordinated with the military
leadership.
Yulia Svyrydenko, the country’s prime minister, said that
the law will apply to “anyone who, for whatever reason, sees their future
abroad.”
She added that she hopes those leaving will maintain close
ties to Ukraine.
Under martial law, the rule that adult men cannot leave the
country has been a source of tension in recent years. Parents have rushed to
send their boys abroad before they turn 18 in order to circumvent this ban.
Also, some men who received temporary permission to leave
did not return. For this reason, the rules were tightened, and Ukrainian men
and their families who fled the war did not see each other for a year or even
longer.
According to
Oleksandr Fedienko, a representative of the Servant of the People party in the
Ukrainian parliament, recently almost only girls have been graduating from high
school, and universities are also not getting any applications from boys.
It is hoped that such a change will encourage young people
to stay and contribute to building Ukraine’s future.
Only young people who have reached the age of 25 can be
drafted into the country’s army. With the constant shortage of soldiers, both
domestic officials and foreign leaders have urged V. Zelensky to lower this age
and draft younger Ukrainians into the army, but the president rejects such a
proposal.”
“Recently, almost
only girls have been graduating from high school, and universities are also not
getting any applications from boys.” This means that all of Ukraine is running
away from Zelensky’s adventure, having understood what death by drone means. It
seems that Trump does not have time to play his diplomatic cards.
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