Three thousand men did not return from abroad under Ministry of Culture scheme – Zhelezniak. VIDEO
People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak revealed an investigation into a scheme for draft dodgers within the Ministry of Culture: 3,000 men left the country under the guise of "artists" and "technical personnel" and did not return.
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It is noted that a similar scheme operates in other ministries. Statistics on exit requests across several ministries over the past two years show:
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Ministry of Culture sent 6,450 letters
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Ministry of Sports — 5,800
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Ministry of Education — 4,100
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Ministry of Health — 3,700
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Ministry of Agrarian Policy — 2,900
Some of the men allowed to leave on these documents did not return to Ukraine.
"A recent example — the soon-to-be Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko. In 2025 alone, the Ministry of Economy under her leadership helped at least five men leave for ‘agrarian events’ and not return," Zhelezniak noted.
