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BBC OS: 2024/04/23 16:06 GMT: Ukraine tightens pressure on military-age men abroad

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Ukraine tightens pressure on military-age men abroad

2024/04/23 16:06 GMT

2024/04/23 16:06 GMT: Ukraine tightens pressure on military-age men abroad

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Ukraine is suspending consular services for male citizens aged 18 to 60 abroad

Ukraine is suspending consular services for male citizens aged 18 to 60 abroad.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has instructed its diplomats to suspend consular assistance abroad for citizens eligible for military service. The only exception will be help for those who want to return. Our Ukraine correspondent explains. 

Five migrants have drowned while trying to cross to Britain from France, hours after the British parliament passed a controversial law intended to deter such crossings. Our correspondent, Andrew Harding, was on the French coast when the accident happaned. 

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Presenter: Luke Jones.

(Photo: Potential recruits who aspire to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in a testing basic military course, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 27, 2024. Credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

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