A woman set herself on fire in the village of Rakitny in the Kiev region of Ukraine, presumably because her husband was refused a postponement from mobilization. This was reported on July 18 by the Ukrainian edition «Страна.иа «.

«A woman set herself on fire in court in Rakitny, Kiev region,» the Telegram channel said.

According to the publication, a 35-year-old woman doused herself with a flammable substance and set herself on fire in front of the courthouse in the Belotserkovsky district. Earlier, she and her husband wanted to get a postponement from mobilization through the court, but the couple were refused. It is noted that the victim was taken to one of the Kiev hospitals, the area of burns is 80% of the body.

Earlier, on July 3, it became known that in Ukraine, in the territorial recruitment center (TCK, an analogue of the military enlistment office) of Odessa, a 29-year-old man tried to commit suicide. As a result, the man was taken away by an ambulance.

On July 15, the publication «Mirror of the Week» noted that almost half of Ukrainians do not consider it shameful to evade military service and mobilization. According to the results of the opinion poll, the share of such residents of the country was 46%. Only 29.1% of respondents expressed the opposite opinion, while 24.8% found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, the Ukrainian military commissar with the call sign Fantomas, in an interview with Reuters, said that Ukrainians were no longer so eager to participate in hostilities as before. According to him, most of the queues at recruiting stations consist of people who want to receive some kind of exemption from military service.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, signed the relevant law on April 16. The document clarifies the categories of persons subject to mobilization and toughens the punishment for evading it, but there are no provisions on demobilization in it.

Martial law in Ukraine has been in effect since February 2022. At the same time, Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization. Later, the Verkhovna Rada repeatedly extended its validity. Most men between the ages of 18 and 60 are prohibited from leaving the country.