First, Vladyslav stopped going into Kyiv’s city center to avoid draft officers checking papers.
Then he stopped exercising at the gym because of patrols in his neighborhood.
Now, he spends most of his days holed up in his apartment, often using his binoculars to watch officers serving draft notices to commuters leaving a nearby subway station.
“They’re everywhere now,” said Vladyslav, 45, who, like other Ukrainians in hiding interviewed for this article, requested that his last name not be published.
“I’ll try to avoid getting caught,” he said, “but I’m not sure it’s possible.”As Russian forces are on the attack across the front line, the Ukrainian military has been desperately trying to replenish its war-battered forces, embarking on a large-scale mobilization campaign backed by new laws.
Persons:
Vladyslav, ”, “ I’ll, I’m
Locations:
Kyiv’s