50,000 Men Caught Trying to Illegally Flee Ukraine Since 2022

So much for patriotism!

Unfortunately, the article does not state how many of them were caught multiple times. Or how many of them are conscientious objectors.

"The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said it detained around 45,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started on Feb. 24, 2022. 

“Another 4,000 citizens were detained at checkpoints for attempting to illegally cross the border using forged documents or by falsifying other grounds that would give them the right to cross the border,” a spokesman for the service, Andriy Demchenko, told AFP on Wednesday.

Under martial law, Ukrainian military servicemen aged 18-60 are forbidden from leaving the country without official permission and must carry military registration documents with them at all times. ...

Both Ukraine and Russia have struggled with demographics that have been shrinking since the 1990s. The average age of a service member in Ukraine’s army is 40, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report from 2024. ..."

50,000 Men Caught Trying to Illegally Flee Ukraine Since 2022 "An official source in the Ukrainian Border Guard revealed that the service has detained tens of thousands of men trying to leave the country since the start of the war."