 Draft evasion can be problematic because unless a male citizen was unable to serve for medical reasons, an application to receive an international passport of Ukraine may be denied due to a lack of military service, thus preventing the individual from traveling abroad.As of autumn 2016, conscripts were no longer deployed in the so-called "ATO"-operations in the east of Ukraine.In 2017 more than 14 thousand people signed up for contract service with the Armed Forces.