16-year-old Hungarian teenager fighting in the Ukrainian army?

Dániel Duzsár, a 16-year-old Hungarian teenager with Ukrainian citizenship, found refuge from the war in Győr. The boy disappeared in Prague a month ago, and people are desperately searching for him. The Police Station of Győr has issued an international wanted notice for the underage missing person.

As Blikk reported, it is believed that Dániel was heading from Prague toward the Polish-Ukrainian border. It is possible that he was caught by the Ukrainian border guards or police and immediately conscripted. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that he is now somewhere on the front line, where more and more young people around his age are fighting and dying in the senseless war. Dániel’s girlfriend was waiting for a message from the boy who went to Prague with his friends on the 19th of June. After a week without any information on the boy’s whereabouts, his girlfriend notified the police. The girl believes that Dániel headed towards Poland with his friends, but it’s still a mystery why.

Ukrainian conscription

There is a total mobilisation in Ukraine, as was the case in 2014. Men aged 16-65 are conscripted, young and old are in the rear, but 18-year-olds are fighting at the front. The Ukrainian police are checking civilian men on the streets as part of the forced conscription. Police are raiding streets, shops, gyms and workplaces to find men who are fit for joining the army. Anyone who does not have a certificate of exemption from conscription (due to work or medical problems) is immediately beaten up and forced into a car. If Dániel tried to return home for some reason, it is possible that this was his fate as well. If that’s the case, it is no wonder he can’t text back to his girlfriend as his phone must have been confiscated.

Women aren’t exempt from military service either. Educational institutions have listed students with medical qualifications who have been issued a military certificate. These women are taken to the front with buses during major military operations where many casualties are expected.

Atrocities against Hungarians

According to the people living in the Transcarpathian, it is not only the forced conscription that puts Hungarians at risk. Sadly, there are more and more anti-Hungarian atrocities in the country and at the front. Hungarians are no longer being conscripted only into the 128th Brigade in Transcarpathia. In addition to that, there are many Ukrainian nationalist officers and professional soldiers in these units who are taking advantage of the war to punish and threaten Hungarians.