It will limit benefits and permits. Lithuania and Poland will help Kyiv with the return of conscripts

No one is going to call them off and take them back to Ukraine, that won’t happen. But (these persons can) be limited in terms of social security, work permit, document. These are the variants I hear from the Polish side, Kasinas shared. He added that it is still difficult to assess how many Ukrainians of military age died in Lithuania.

In the center, his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz expressed his willingness to cooperate with Ukraine regarding the return of Ukrainians. In this context, the Polish minister stated that, considering the efforts that Poland has spent to help Ukraine, many Poles are encouraged by the fact that Ukrainians are avoiding military service.

Recently, Ukraine has been looking for a way to get Ukrainians abroad to return to their homeland. She announced this week that the EU will not provide them with consular services and issue passports. Not long ago, she approved a law that would make it easier for them to collectively give up their long-term mobilisation.

The decision to suspend consular services and the issuing of passports to Ukrainians abroad will not affect Ukrainians living in Germany, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday, citing information from its Berlin headquarters.