{"id":37506,"date":"2023-02-28T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=37506"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:58:41","slug":"zelensky-aide-explains-why-ukraine-wont-let-men-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/zelensky-aide-explains-why-ukraine-wont-let-men-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky aide explains why Ukraine won\u2019t let men leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RT.com<\/a> | 27 Feb, 2023 18:08<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights take the back seat to obligations to the state, Mikhail Podoliak told German TV<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The top aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has defended Kiev\u2019s decision to ban men from leaving the country, saying obligations to the state trump human rights. Fleeing the draft means wanting Ukraine to be destroyed, Mikhail Podoliak told the German state outlet DW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s be blunt here. No need to speculate. What does the restriction of rights mean? Do people in Ukraine not have obligations also? Or are we just talking about rights?\u201d<\/em> Podoliak told DW in an interview making the rounds on social media on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe state has a duty to provide things, let people travel, let people live as they wish. Yes, in peacetime,\u201d<\/em> he continued. \u201cBut in wartime, that\u2019s not a question to raise. Do you want to cross the border? That means you want Ukraine to stop existing, because you crossed the border.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause when you say \u2018Open the borders for men,\u2019 that means opening the border so they can run away from the manly choice. And they want to run away,\u201d<\/em> Podoliak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RT.com | 27 Feb, 2023 18:08 Human rights take the back seat to obligations to the state, Mikhail Podoliak told German TV The top aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has defended Kiev\u2019s decision to ban men from leaving the country, saying obligations to the state trump human rights. Fleeing the draft means wanting Ukraine… Read More »Zelensky aide explains why Ukraine won\u2019t let men leave<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,7,151,214,769,517,684],"tags":[9349,9075,4024,9348,270,10,43,215,1725,42,6026,6824,516,6013,8642],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ukraine-forced-conscription4-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37510,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37506\/revisions\/37510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}