TWO Russians have managed to avoid being drafted into Vladimir Putin's war by sailing to America, ending up on a hellhole island.
The pair fled Russia to avoid military service and requested asylum in the US after their small boat landed on the remote Alaskan island of Gambell in the Bering Sea.
Gambell is about 200 miles from the western Alaska hub community of Nome and about 36 milesfrom the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia,
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for the Alaska Republican senator, said that the office has been in communication with the US Coast Guard and Border Protection and that the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service.
Alaska's senators, Republicans Murkowski and Dan Sullivan,said the two Russians landed at a beach near the town of Gambell, an isolated community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island.
The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the two Russians were taken to Anchorage for inspection, which includes a screening and vetting process, and then went through US Immigration processing.
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The agency said the two Russians arrived Tuesday on a small boat.
It remains unclear where they came from.
Sullivan, in a statement, said he has encouraged federal authorities to have a plan in place in case more Russians flee to Bering Strait communities in Alaska.
He said: "This incident makes two things clear: First, the Russian people don't want to fight Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine.
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"Second, given Alaska's proximity to Russia, our state has a vital role to play in securing America's national security."
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he did not expect a continual stream or "flotilla of people traversing the same route and warned that travel in the region could be dangerous as a fall storm packing strong winds was expected.
In the past month, Russian soldiers have been seen frantically attempting to flee the country to avoid being sent to the frontline following Putin's call-up.
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People were spotted fleeing across the border on bikes or rushing to get married in a desperate bid to escape the conflict.
A young conscript said he'll do whatever he can to escape being sent to Ukraine and becoming "cannon fodder."
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