Ukrainian soldiers prepare to move out from a village in the Donbas region of the country. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/New York Times

The number of young Ukrainian men arriving in Ireland has increased by 42 per cent as growing numbers seek to avoid conscription to the front lines of the country’s war against Russia.

Almost four years on from Russia’s invasion, officials in Kyiv have warned they are facing a severe troop shortage due to young men leaving the country in an attempt to avoid mandatory mil

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