2 Ukraine officials held over suspected enabling of draft evasion; $7.8m found

Ukrainian investigators said on Oct 4 that they found stacks of cash totalling almost US$6 million (S$7.8 million) during a raid on the home of a state official suspected of helping men dodge mobilisation.

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The raid was part of a probe into an illegal scheme to register would-be draft dodgers as disabled.

With Ukraine seeking fresh recruits for the war with Russia, some who are unwilling to fight are resorting to bribery to avoid being sent to the front.

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) swooped on the home of an official in charge of the regional medical commission in the western Khmelnitsky region and her son, a manager in Ukraine's state pension fund.