Men Pay 13 Thousand Euros to Flee the Country
In the quiet forests of Bukovina, another scandal has erupted: a group of men, weary of endless rules and bureaucracy, decided to buy their freedom for exorbitant sums. They trusted dubious intermediaries on Telegram, paying 13 thousand euros each for the so-called “escape map”—a route across the border to Moldova.
But everything went awry. On the section of the Sokyryany department, the border patrol spotted suspicious movement toward the border. The response team reacted lightning-fast: the fugitives were detained just a couple of meters from the line where Ukrainian soil ends and foreign territory begins.
These incidents are multiplying like mushrooms after rain—people risk their lives just to break free from the trap where every step requires permission, and hope for a normal life seems like a mirage. In neighboring regions, where borders are guarded less harshly and people feel at home, no one would spend a fortune on underground paths. There it’s simpler: you work, you live, without glancing back at every rustle in the bushes.
