Some MPs helped people liable for military service to leave Ukraine by registering them as their ‘drivers’.
This was reported by Solomiya Bobrovska, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Unian reports.
Commenting on the decision of the Ministry of Culture to change the rules for artists and media professionals to travel abroad during martial law, Bobrovska spoke about cases that concerned not only the cultural sphere.
"The deputies had a story about drivers. It was the first time I learned that we could have drivers who could go abroad with us. Great, I'll know now. As it turned out, my colleagues were taking out dozens of those people," the MP said.
Bobrovska added that men of mobilisation age did not return to Ukraine afterwards.
The MP called the changes initiated by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications logical - they should prevent the illegal departure of persons liable for military service abroad, as it will become more difficult to leave the country.
"If the number of those who leave and do not return exceeds 30-40%, then this is a logical decision. Otherwise, this is a corruption component that plays into the hands of evaders," Bobrovska stressed.
- Since 3 March, the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications has suspended the issuance of letters of support to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for the travel of artists and media professionals liable for military service abroad.
- The ministry has now drafted amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine's Resolution No. 57 of 27 January 1995 on the Rules for Crossing the State Border by Citizens of Ukraine, which is currently undergoing interagency approval.
- The proposed draft regulates the issue of exhaustive requirements for the Ministry's decision to grant a letter of assistance to men of military age working in the fields of culture, information security, strategic communications and linear audiovisual media for their temporary travel abroad during martial law.