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Since January 2022, Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have opened nearly 290,000 criminal cases related to unauthorized departure from military units (draft evasion) and desertion, according to a response from the Office of the Prosecutor General to Ukrainska Pravda.
Between January 2022 and September 2025, 235,646 cases were registered for unauthorized departure from military units, and 53,954 cases for desertion.
For comparison, from January 2022 to September 2024, authorities registered about 60,000 cases for unauthorized departure and nearly 30,000 cases for desertion.