Since 2022, Ukraine has barred most military-age men from leaving the country. As a result, the number seeking to cross the border illegally has soared
Support for wars is typically connected to the belief that somebody else will be fighting it. The closer the war gets to making you a participant of it the more support for it tends to disappear.
Ukrainian servicemen of the Shkval special battalion, 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade, ex-convicts, take part in military exercises at an unspecified location in the Donetsk region, July 26, 2024.