Escaped from military service: conscientious objectors find protection in Germany. The Ukrainian student on his decision not to go to the front: “I will not go the front for him and this is a necessity” According to estimates, there are more than 100,000 Ukrainian conscientious objector in Germany and more than 200,000 others in other European countries.
The Russian Maxim Nekulcha from Saint Petersburg left his old life behind because he didn't want to become part of Putin's war machine.