Page 32 - Consular Services News Today

Warsaw is ready to facilitate the return of military-age male Ukrainians currently living in Poland to fulfil their civic obligations at home, Reuters, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on April 24.

Lithuania is considering helping Ukraine to repatriate men liable for military service, but first they need to work out how to do this. Source: Delfi with reference to Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas, as reported by European Pravda Details: Kasčiūnas said Lithuania is not yet considering specific measures and is watching to see what Poland decides.

Vilnius will consider how it can help Kyiv to return military-age male back to Ukraine, the Lithuanian news outlet Delfi reported on Aril 25, citing the country’s Defense Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas.

Daniel Sizek, representative of the US State Department in Brussels, considers the decision of the Ukrainian government to stop providing consular services to men liable for military service a "complicated issue" and says the US government has no position or a decision for it at the moment.

Staying abroad “does not relieve a citizen of his or her duties to the homeland,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warns.

The European Union has commented on the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to suspend the provision of services to men liable for military service in diplomatic missions. Source: representatives of the European Commission at a briefing in Brussels, reported by European Pravda Details: Anitta Hipper, a representative of the European Commission, said that the EU directive on temporary protection continues to be applied regardless of citizens' gender and conscription status...

The European Union will not publicly critique Ukraine’s decision to restrict consular services for men abroad, European Commission representative Anita Hipper clarified during a Brussels briefing on April 24.

Hundreds of Ukrainians crammed up against a closed passport office in Warsaw on Wednesday, furious over Kyiv's suspension of consular services for fighting-aged men in a bid to force them to return home and bolster troop numbers.According to Ukrainian media, hundreds of thousands of working-age men have sought refuge in EU countries since the start of the war. - '700 kilometres' - The consular service suspensions, which come as Kyiv scrambles to recruit troops, is widely seen as a...

Ukraine suspended consular services for men of conscription age abroad, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed on X on April 23.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has clarified that suspending consular services to Ukrainian men liable for military service in diplomatic institutions has to do with the adoption of a new bill on mobilisation by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Ukrainian Parliament).