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How should I approach escaping/draft dodging Ukraine? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 6 months ago by Envylike@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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Long story short - I have slightly more than a year left before I'm legally required to serve in the Ukrainian military, not that it matters that much since they grab people off the streets anyway, but it will be an even bigger problem since I will officially have no "excuse" not to serve and will have to hide or escape before then, and it doesn't look like the war will end for the next god knows how many years. Has anyone here draft-dodged or escaped their country in a similar manner before? If so, any advice on how to do so?

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't fuck with rivers or fields for this reason. On the other hand even from 100m away it's really hard to spot people in the woods in the summer and basically impossible from overhead. I don't agree w going in the snow, I would do it when the vegetation is full. That might mean waiting until late spring or early summer if OP can afford to wait. Visibility is probably 10x in winter and that's not an exaggeration. The vegetation is your cover.

If there's no time left then you gotta go when you gotta go

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I based the mylar-blanket thing on some Ukrainian immigrants who were passing by when I was staying in a spot for a little while. They told me that wrapping yourself in mylar and traveling in the snow makes you effectively invisible.

Full-vegetation may be effective but I think they're already getting into fall now. I'm not sure if they have until next summer.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 0 points 6 months ago

It's a really good idea