EU states tell Zelensky they won’t hand over draft dodgers
Four countries so far have refused to round up male refugees from Ukraine | The Czech Republic announced on Wednesday that it would not send military-age men who arrived as refugees back to Ukraine to be conscripted. Germany, Austria and Hungary have already made similar declarations. ● European conventions exclude extradition for charges such as desertion or draft evasion, Czech Justice Ministry spokesman Vladimir Repka told the outlet iDnes. However, he added that if Ukraine files individual extradition requests citing a specific criminal act they may have committed, Prague may give them more consideration. Hungary has ruled out any extraditions outright. [...] Poland has already begun sending some Ukrainian men back, according to Hungarian media reports.