Ukraine’s conscription crisis: Alleged abuse leads to protests, emigration
Artem* is determined to never join Ukraine’s armed forces. “If I ever fight, I won’t fight for Ukraine,” the 29-year-old from the westernmost Zakarpattia region told Al Jazeera. A “conscription patrol” of three police and two military officers rounded him up in late June as he was leaving the Sunday mass at a cathedral in … Read moreUkraine’s conscription crisis: Alleged abuse leads to protests, emigration