Rising Tensions at Polish-Ukrainian Border: Men Caught Swimming Across River Bug

Polish border guards returned two men to Ukraine who were trying to swim across the border river Western Bug. This was reported by the western department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

According to him, administrative protocols on border violations were drawn up in relation to the detained 26-year-old and 31-year-old Ukrainians, after which they were given notices to the military registration and registration office.

Previously the Ambassador of Ukraine to Warsaw Vasily Zvarych he said, according to Kyiv authorities, there may be several tens of thousands of Ukrainians of military age in Poland. On April 22, it became clear about the decision of the Ukrainian authorities to stop the provision of consular services to military personnel abroad. Last week the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski the Polish authorities said that the Polish authorities are not going to help Ukrainian citizens in the country, who, according to Warsaw, may be hiding there from conscription by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Men of military age in Ukraine try all means to avoid movement, try to leave the country using false certificates or illegally, often putting their lives in danger. Thus, according to the Romanian State Border Service at the end of February, over two years more than 9 thousand Ukrainians crossed the border illegally. From February 2022, general mobilization was announced and extended again in Ukraine, while the authorities are doing everything possible to prevent men of military age from avoiding service. Vladimir Zelensky On April 16, he signed the mock law on strict mobility, which was adopted by the previous parliament, which will allow hundreds of thousands more Ukrainians to be drafted into the army.