Moment male Ukrainian ‘draft dodger’ dressed as a woman with make-up, fake breasts and a wig is arrested trying to flee the country using his sister’s passport
- The 44-year-old was stopped by border guards at the border with Romania
A Ukrainian man dressed as a woman and carrying his sister’s passport has been arrested while trying to flee the country.
The 44-year-old was stopped at the border with Romania by the Ukrainian state border guard after they became suspicious about his large physique.
They also suspected that he was trying to avoid military service.
Under current laws in Ukraine, men between the ages of 18 and 60 are prohibited from leaving the country. Instead, they are expected to enlist in the Ukrainian army to fight the Russians.
The makeup-wearing man, believed to be named Sergei, from the central Ukrainian city of Zolotonosha, was dressed in a black wig tied with a white handkerchief, a black knee-length skirt and a green T-shirt from the discount store. supermarket chain Biedronka.
The 44-year-old was stopped at the border with Romania by Ukrainian state border guards after they became suspicious of his large physique.
The makeup-wearing man, believed to be named Sergei, from the central Ukrainian city of Zolotonosha, was dressed in a black wig tied with a white handkerchief, a black knee-length skirt and a green T-shirt from the discount store. supermarket chain Biedronka
The border guards wrote a video on social media: “The charming ‘Sergietta’ had planned a trip abroad.
‘A 44-year-old resident of Zolotonsha, disguised as a woman, tried to cross the border into Romania with his sister’s passport.’
The post has now been viewed more than 13,000 times since it was uploaded on Monday and has since been flooded with comments.
One viewer joked: “Cool, Agent 007.”
Another, referring to Biedronka’s rival Lidl, wrote: ‘Lidl will not recover from this.’
Yet another asked, “What’s your sister going to do now?”
But others were more somber, with one viewer writing: ‘I’m not surprised. Any way to prevent death at the front is good.’
After the large-scale invasion of Russia, Ukraine introduced a ban on men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country if they had to fight.
Since Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine, about 30 men have been killed trying to flee. According to the Ukrainian Border Guard, around 10 are arrested every day for trying to flee the country and avoid conscription.
In November last year, the BBC reported that almost 20,000 men had fled Ukraine since the start of the war.
There are exceptions to military service if a person is ineligible for medical reasons, if the person is caring for three or more children, raising a child alone, or raising a child with a disability.