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Poland wants Kiev and Brussels to give their opinions on the Ukrainian draft dodgers.

by AI | 30.Apr 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Poland does not intend to protect Ukrainian draft dodgers, but is waiting for possible positions from Kiev and the European Union on the matter.

An employee from the Ukrainian passport service talks to Ukrainians gathered in front of the closed door of a consular services point in a shopping center in Warsaw, on April 24, 2024. On April 23, Ukraine suspended consular services for men of fighting age living abroad. (Photo: Sergey GAPON / AFP)

Warsaw – Poland will not protect Ukrainian draft dodgers on its territory, but is still awaiting decisions from Kiev and Brussels on the matter, Polish officials said on Tuesday.

“We will certainly not protect the draft dodgers,” said Andrzej Szejna, Deputy Foreign Minister on TVP Info television. However, “there is no official position” from Warsaw because Kiev “has not made any request to the Polish government,” he specified.

Poland has tens of thousands of Ukrainians of military age on its territory, according to United Nations figures.

Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said it was “very important that there are solutions at the European level. And I know that discussions between Kiev and Brussels are still ongoing on this matter,” he said.

The Ukrainian government has just published a text, according to which Kiev will no longer issue passports abroad to men aged 18 to 60 years. (30.04.2024)