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‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription
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As a new recruitment drive looms, some are turning to online handlers and forgers to escape the horror of war
The autumn cannot arrive soon enough for Dmytro, when his handlers have promised to get him out of Ukraine.
For the past month, the 31-year-old photographer from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has been holed up in his flat, rarely stepping outside, to avoid being conscripted into the army. “I want to leave the country. My mind can’t take being trapped here any more,” Dmytro said.
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