The Irish Time
By Dan Peleschuk,
Yuliia Dysa
Mon May 04 2026 – 15:56
Authorities in Ukraine have conducted dozens of searches across 16 regions into current and former draft officials suspected of corruption-related offences, police said on Monday.
Kyiv’s military has been chronically short of men while fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began in early 2022, amid reports that officials have been bribed to grant exemptions from the call-up or to let men of fighting age slip out of the country despite a ban.