In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions under Russian control, authorities are disregarding the "deferment" regulations and forcibly conscripting students into military service.

RBC-Ukraine reports that full-time students in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk are being stripped of their draft deferment rights. The Ukrainian Center for National Resistance has alerted to such large-scale violations.

Even local recruitment offices are ignoring Russian domestic laws—under Russian law, full-time students should be entitled to draft deferment.

To meet recruitment targets, students are being forced to attend military training and conscripted into service.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1861599446072320/

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