Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy decries corruption in military medical exemptions

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From 2h ago 01.05 EDT Zelenskiy denounces corrupt medical exemptions Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has decried corrupt medical exemptions that have enabled people to avoid military service, saying the system was subject to bribes and mass departures abroad. Zelenskiy said the National Security and Defence Council had considered data showing the extent of false exemptions, bribe-taking and flight abroad since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. The investigation of dubious medical exemptions was still being conducted, he said. “There are examples of regions where the number of exemptions from military service due to medical commission decisions has increased tenfold since February last...