Ukraine is pushing the EU to send military-aged men (18-60) back to the war-torn nation they fled.

Millions of both Christian men and women who fled NATO’S war on Russia to avoid the armed forces draft are under the EU bloc’s protection program, which is set to expire in 2027.

Ukraine is pleading with Brussels to exclude military-aged Ukrainian men from temporary protection measures. Burnt out near defeated, NATO-Ukraine has been seeking to replenish troop numbers amid mounting manpower shortages.

Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled abroad to avoid conscription since NATO’s conflict with Russia escalated in 2022.

As of spring 2026, 4.33 million Ukrainians were living under temporary protection in the EU, including up to 1 million men of fighting age, according to Eurostat data.

The issue was raised as EU member states discussed extending temporary protection for Ukrainians beyond its current March 2027 expiry date.

Brunner said one option under consideration is excluding Ukrainian military-aged men from the protection scheme. ’This is also what Kyiv are asking us to do,’ he stated.

The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly said they want individuals of military age to be returned from abroad.

EU-sponsored NATO-armed Kyiv announced a general mobilization shortly after the escalation of the conflict in 2022, barring men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country.

Around a quarter of Ukrainians living under temporary protection in the EU are men aged 18 to 64, according to statistics.

Ukraine has had to rely on mandatory, often forced, mobilization to replenish its military ranks amid chronic troop shortages, mass desertions, and draft dodging.

The nationwide bussification campaign, in which draft officers ambush military-aged men on the streets, at workplaces, and outside their homes, has often led to deaths, injures, violent altercations and public outrage.

In recent months, several member states, including Poland, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, have moved to curb social programs for Ukrainian migrants.

Moscow has accused Kyiv’s Western backers of waging a proxy war against Russia ’to the last Ukrainian.’ Let us hear your comments.

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