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A Hasid returning to Israel from Uman was drafted at the exit from Ukraine. A Ukrainian passport was found on the 49-year-old man. This was reported by the Israeli publication Walla.
Yonatan was returning to Jerusalem via the Orlivka checkpoint on the border with Romania. This was not his first visit to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The man’s Ukrainian passport was allegedly found after border guards heard him speaking Ukrainian and removed him from the bus for a more thorough check.
Yonatan has lived in Israel for 14 years, is married, and has six children. His wife hopes her husband will be released. He may currently be at a military base near Odesa.
Every September, tens of thousands of Hasidim visit Uman to celebrate Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year.
“He has been traveling to Uman for years, even after the war began, and he was never detained. He probably thought that because he has Israeli citizenship, he wouldn’t have any more problems in Ukraine,” said Yonatan Natan, a friend of Yonatan.
In the summer of 2024, Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, advised men with dual Israeli and Ukrainian citizenship to “weigh the advisability of visiting Ukraine during wartime.” The diplomat noted that there has been an increase recently in detentions of such men when leaving Ukraine. Brodsky added that if a dual citizen is detained, the Israeli embassy will not be able to assist with leaving Ukraine.
Men liable for military service who hold residence permits in other countries also cannot cross the border to leave Ukraine, emphasized State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andriy Demchenko.
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