'Avoid them': How men are fleeing Ukrainian army conscription
Two men in Ukraine's western region of Uzhhorod spoke to Euronews about why they are fleeing conscription from the country's army — and how they are doing it.
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00:00Every day the number of graves in the park next to the Calvary Cemetery in Ushorod, Western Ukraine, grows.
00:08This place has become the memorial site for recent fallen fighters of Transcarpathia.
00:13Roughly 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to US estimates.
00:2143-year-old Igor was buried here 10 days ago in the Ushorod Cemetery.
00:26His remains are still standing in the grave.
00:30In recent years, almost every day there has been a funeral.
00:34The only crime of the hidden soldier-bound men is that they do not want to be buried here.
00:51While thousands share information online of how to escape the clutches of recruitment officers,
01:20another man has a different technique.
01:23One local says he has heard stories in Ushorod
01:53of bribes to avoid the front lines getting more expensive.
02:10According to the Centre for European Policy Analysis, Kiev needs hundreds of thousands of more soldiers to defeat Russia's army.
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