【Ukrainian men are reluctant to go to war, tens of thousands risk smuggling out of the country】
According to a report by CNN, Ukrainian men do not want to go to war, and tens of thousands are risking smuggling out of the country. A 34-year-old Ukrainian man, Pinyasov, who used to drive a taxi in Kyiv, was interviewed at a northern border town in Romania. He said: Not long ago, he walked alone for five days across the Carpathian Mountains from Ukraine to enter Romania illegally. Now, dozens of people escape from Ukraine every week, everyone wants to leave, wants freedom, wants life.
According to Ukraine's wartime "Emergency Law," all men of conscription age are strictly prohibited from leaving the country. Pinyasov said: They can't stand the current life in Ukraine. Although there is now talk of a ceasefire, in their view, almost no one wants a ceasefire, neither Zelenskyy nor Putin.
Pinyasov also revealed that to leave this hell of Ukraine, he had prepared for a month, crossing the Carpathians with navigation apps and encrypted communication software. When he arrived at the border, to avoid being caught by Ukrainian border guards, he discarded all his equipment in the mountains.
Romania said that since 2022, more than 30,000 Ukrainian men like Pinyasov have illegally entered the country, but not all the smugglers successfully reached their destination. At least 29 people have died in accidents at the border.
The Ukrainian border enforcement unit stated that about 25,000 people attempted to smuggle out of the country were arrested during the process. The smuggling destinations include Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Belarus.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1852478057224204/
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