# Ukraine’s acting police chief reveals scale of draft-evasion investigations

https://mins.news/en/item/24406

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-17 17:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-acting-police-chief-reveals-scale-of-draft-evasion-investigations/

> Ukraine’s National Police has investigated more than 20,000 criminal cases involving draft evasion since martial law began after Russia’s full-scale invasion, acting chief Maksym Tsutskiridze said. Police are also probing corruption in recruitment centers, military medical commissions and allegedly illegitimate military-service reservations.

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