As Ukraine seeks ways to return and punish mobilization evaders who fled abroad, some EU member states have already expressed their stance on this issue.
This is reported by Voice of America.
The Government of Estonia will not force Ukrainian men to return to Ukraine for mobilization.
"We have discussed this issue with Ukrainian ambassador, and Ukraine didn't ask us to do so. Ukraine has no legal grounds to ask us to extradite these citizens, just as we have no grounds to extradite them," head of Estonian Interior Ministry's Border and Migration Policy Department, Janek Mägi, said.
Germany has also stated officially that it will not force Ukrainians into military service, because it believes that Ukraine's problems with mobilizing soldiers to defend itself against a Russian invasion will have no practical consequences for Ukrainians living in Germany.
"We will not force people against their will to mobilize or do military service," said German Justice Minister Mark Buschmann.
Compulsory military service was abolished in the FRG in 2011. Therefore, Buschmann said, Germany will not force foreigners into military service:
"I cannot imagine, because our Constitution stipulates that German citizens are not obliged to serve in the armed forces against their will. Therefore, we can not force people from other countries," - said the Minister of justice of Germany.
Earlier we wrote about the fact that Ukrainians were frightened by the statement about "mobilization abroad", so the Ministry of Defense clarified.