Terrified Russian men are changing gender in desperate attempt to avoid Ukraine war

Something went wrong, please try again later. Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Desperate Russian men are changing their gender in a bid to avoid fighting for war-mad Russian President Vladimir Putin's army in Ukraine. He said: “This will allow us to rule out the possibility of changing a person's gender purely by changing the documents. According to official stats, just 2,7000 men changed gender in Russia between 2018 and 2022 – no new figures have been released since the start of the war, however.