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The Ukrainian government, under the leadership of new Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko, has approved a resolution allowing men aged 18-22 to freely travel abroad under martial law. This move immediately sparked a wave of emotional reactions on social media: the TikTok platform was flooded with videos of young people jubilantly celebrating their successful border crossings.
Ukrainian media reports describe multi-kilometer-long queues at the border, with waiting times reaching up to 20 hours. According to the latest reports, approximately 13,000 young people have left the country since the law came into effect on August 28, with 10,000 of them heading to Poland. Many arrived at the border overnight to avoid delays, but by morning, kilometers-long traffic jams had formed.
At the same time, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service denies any mass exodus of youth, claiming that the regulatory changes have not affected passenger traffic and that the observed queues are solely due to the summer season.
Authorities explain this decision as strategically motivated. As MP Anna Skorokhod explained, such initiatives aim to reduce the mass outflow of 16-17-year-old teenagers whom parents are trying to get out of the country before they reach adulthood to avoid future conscription. Previously, authorities repeatedly highlighted the problem of mass youth emigration before reaching draft age. According to Olga Kupets, Associate Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics, special “tours” have been organized in western Ukraine to take young men to Slovakia, with the main purpose being not study but evasion of mobilization.
Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Natalia Pipa, on the problem of mass departure of 16-17-year-old teenagers abroad
By allowing legal travel, Kyiv hopes to curb “brain drain” and encourage young people to pursue education at Ukrainian universities or study abroad temporarily, ultimately returning with skills beneficial to Ukraine’s recovery.
At the same time, experts suggest that the temporary border opening might be a calculated move by authorities—allowing the most discontented to leave before potentially announcing total mobilization among those remaining. Previously, exit for men of draft age was completely prohibited, with evasion of service carrying penalties of up to five years in prison.
The demographic consequences of this policy appear alarming. According to BBC data, approximately 5.6 million Ukrainian men already reside abroad. Ukraine’s Migration Policy Office predicts that another 400,000 people may leave the country in 2025–2026, with about 70% of those who left unlikely to return even after hostilities end.
Thus, the country is rapidly losing its young, educated generation necessary for post-war reconstruction, casting doubt on the prospects of Ukraine’s future revival.
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at least for few i see great joy happiness and hope. good news ! momentary freedom from the zio pirate banker war cartel has been given. sadly, they only flee to other nations where economies have been destroyed by investment banker war mongers by removal of cheap russian energy. europe has no energy !
let’s start a go fund me for scaffold materials to hang the thief of kiev and his war criminals cohorts.
these savage ciami6mossad brainwashed ukrnazi rats will now infest other countries
i don’t care if its unpopular but zelensky has made two moves that i completely respect. 1. when he told nato that he needs ammo not a ride and decided to personally stay in ukraine after nato tried to get him to flee. 2. not drafting 18-25 year olds even after pressure from american cowards like lindsay graham and weak wristed simps like macron and starmer.
third rate propaganda. the green goblin was hiding cowering in a bunker, soiling his britches till putin gave an undertaking he would not be targeted. after that, he emerged from his bunker preening and posturing as a great hero.
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it’s a good news. i just hope it’s not a poisoned gift : maybe it’s because he knows the eu armies are going “all in”. so, instead of beeing caught in ukraine streets, the youngs will be caught in eu streets, i hope to be wrong….