His status in Russia surged to the fore after his lawyer said he was told to join the Russian army. AdvertisementA 17-year-old Ukrainian who was taken from Ukraine to Russia during the war received a call-up to enlist in the Kremlin's forces, the BBC reported. AdvertisementAs he was living in Russia, Yermokhin was issued a call-up order to report on December 13 for a military draft in Moscow, Bobrovska told Ukrainian media on November 7. The announcement comes after Russia said Yermokhin wanted to stay in Russia, a claim Bobrovska has repeatedly denied. But Bobrovska told Ukrainian media that Yermokhin said he was intimidated into signing the statement.

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Persons: Bohdan Yermokhin, Yermokhin, —, Kateryna, Bobrovska, Irina Rudnitskaya, Rudnitskaya, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yermokhin's, — Bobrovska, Maria Lvova, Dmytro Lubinets, Lubinets, Belova, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, BBC, Russian, Children's, Human Rights, Associated Press, United Nations Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Mariupol, Russian, Ukrainian, Moscow, Belarus