Russians are resorting to drastic measures to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, a sign of desperation, as President Vladimir Putin's attempts to revive the flagging invasion pushes potential conscripts to flee or secure medical exemptions by breaking their own arms or legs.
A man is being held by police officers.
Since the draft was announced in September, an estimated 400,000 Russians have fled to other countries, including the European Union and Turkey.
The prices for plane tickets skyrocketed when fleeing Russians faced long lines to cross the border, particularly to countries like Turkey, Serbia and the U.A.
Russian search terms like "how to break an arm at home", "how to break a leg at home", and "how to break an arm at home" have been used by people who are unable to leave Russia.
Videos of men breaking their arms or legs in a desperate attempt to avoid being drafted have been making the rounds on the internet.
According to Rest of World, there is a market for fake medical documents that can exempt people from being drafted.
Potential conscripts have reported plans to seek treatment for non-existent problems with addiction or mental health instead of being drafted, a well-known draft-dodging technique that has been used for decades.
According to Russian media, the number of men wanting to freeze sperm spiked after Putin announced partial mobilize. Many of the patients that the clinicians in Moscow and Yekaterinburg claim to see are booking emergency appointments because they want to skip the exams and procedures that are required to make a deposit. There is a clinic in St. Pete that is offering a 10% discount for men who are in the military.
In the last few weeks, Moscow has lost a lot of troops and equipment on the battlefield in Ukranian. In September, Putin ordered a partial deployment to shore up the invasion. It is a crime to refuse to serve or to desert. Russia's first since World War 2 was seen as a sign of desperation abroad and caused civil unrest at home. Arrestees were drafted into the military. As Moscow moves to formally annex seized Ukrainian territories, none of which it controls fully, it has vowed to defend at all costs, including the use of nuclear weapons.
Lawyers and civic groups in Russia have been overwhelmed by the number of people who want to avoid being drafted. Sergei Krivenko is the leader of a group of lawyers. The army is made up of military personnel. It's pretty much impossible to leave the army and return to normal life after being drafted according to Law. Some 10,000 company employees have received advisory webinars from a human rights lawyer and his team.
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It's not clear how many people will be conscripted. 300,000 men with military experience will be drawn from across the country by the Kremlin. According to reports, the draft could be as large as 1 million people, though the Kremlin denies the claim. Russian officials claim to have 25 million reserve soldiers. There is a lot of confusion over who is eligible to be conscripted, with many people seemingly exempt because of illness, age, student status, a lack of military experience and other factors. Putin called on officials to fix the problem after acknowledging failures in the drive.
100,000. Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defense minister, said on Tuesday that the number of people drafted into Russia's armed forces has gone up.
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