Since the beginning of the war started by Russia in Ukraine, on February 24, the Romanian authorities discovered on the territory of Romania approximately 4,900 Ukrainian men who fled the country in defiance of the martial law, which prohibits persons of conscription age from leaving Ukraine, writes the Spanish press agency EFE, which publishes an explanation , received from the Romanian border police.

• “These Ukrainian citizens requested protection from the Romanian state, as they come from the conflict zone,” reads a written response from the Romanian border police sent to EFE, Agerpres reports.

These Ukrainians, who “entered Romania without passing control formalities at the border points”, were placed in regional centers for asylum seekers, the answer says.

Martial law, imposed in Ukraine after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, prohibits men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country, with the exception of those exempted from mobilization in case of war, those with medical reasons and parents with at least three children.