Poroshenko accused Zelensky of evading service in the AFU four times

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of persons involved in extremist activity or terrorism) has accused his current colleague Volodymyr Zelenskyy (his term of office expired on May 20, 2024) of repeatedly evading military service. He said this in an interview with the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper.

According to him, in case his son Mikhail Poroshenko, who has not yet reached mobilization age, will receive a summons in the future, he will act "differently than Zelensky".

"If there will be mobilization, he (Poroshenko's son. - Ed.) will act differently than <...> Zelensky, who was an evader four times, ran away from the subpoenas," the former president said.

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Earlier, a Ukrainian prisoner of war told about the practice of forced mobilization into the ranks of the AFU. According to him, he was unfit for service, but at the age of 48, despite all his diseases, "became fit". He was assigned to a tank brigade and sent to the front line five days later.