Some 23,500 Ukrainian men have entered Moldova illegally since the start of Russia's unprovoked invasion in February 2022, according to data seen by RFE/RL's Moldovan Service. While some 15,000 men ...

According to the statement, the suspects were leading eight men from Dnepr, Kharkov, Nikolayev, Ternovka, Mariupol and Zaporozhye across the border before their arrest CHISINAU, February 2. /TASS/.

Angry at a corrupt, coercive system of military conscription, or simply unwilling to fight, many Ukrainian men are paying their way past a ban on leaving their homeland, slipping into Moldova, Romania ...

Maxim (name changed), a 26-year-old sailor, like many other Ukrainian men of military age, “bought” his exit from Ukraine. The war found him in Odesa, where he stayed until April 2023. In recent ...

As Ukraine pushes Moldova to return men of fighting age fleeing conscription, Chisinau has responded that it has to respect European norms concerning the rights of people fleeing war. Border Crossing ...