The hunt for men who avoid mobilization in Ukraine

The upwards of two million men who avoid mobilization and are hiding inside Ukraine are constantly being hunted by mobilization officials and police.

Not much can be done about the million men of military age who are estimated to be abroad - but the officials working on the forced mobilization of men at home are at work around the clock.

The patrols are unpopular and there have been violent fights during several arrests.

Risks long prison terms

For most, military training awaits, while those who escaped, broke the law and had, for example, falsified documents, risk long prison terms.

For all the men who fight, the man in the street who has been arrested is a much-needed reinforcement.

Watch the 24-hour hunt unfold in front of SVT's correspondent and photographer on the street in the player above, just before the team is to participate in a live broadcast.