In the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions, six organizers of the illegal transportation of men across

the border

were detained .

For their services, dealers took from 1.5 to 5.5 thousand dollars.

from one client.

This was reported in the press service of the SBU.

The attackers offered the men to go abroad under the guise of representatives of public organizations that are engaged in the transportation of international humanitarian aid.

For this, the parcels issued false documents and entered unreliable information into the "Shlyah" system.

The cost of such "services" ranged from 1.5 to 5.5 thousand dollars.

from one client.

The amount depended on the urgency of departure and the fugitive's financial capabilities.

"However, the SBU employees timely exposed illegal migration schemes and prevented attempts to illegally cross the state border. As a result of a special operation in the Kyiv region, three local residents were detained, who disguised the foreign "trips" of evaders allegedly as their participation in volunteer activities," the report says.

In addition, another channel of illegal departure of conscripts abroad who used fake "passports" of volunteers was exposed in Cherkasy region.

Currently, all detainees have been notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Art.

332 (organization of illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and preventive measures in the form of detention were chosen.

How evaders try to leave Ukraine

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia on the territory of Ukraine, there have been restrictions on the departure of men abroad.

However, since the first days, evaders have been trying to escape from Ukraine: they change into women's clothes, buy fake certificates that they are raising more than three children, and try to leave using other methods. 

The State Border Service reported that since the beginning of martial law in Ukraine , 11 men have already died

while trying to cross the border illegally  .

In total, since the beginning of martial law, border guards have detained more than 8,000 men for attempting 

to cross the border illegally.

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