This article is ridiculous.
7 million Ukrainians have fled west, and another 2-3 million have fled east. Poland alone has counted about 2.5 million Ukrainians.
And they are trying to tell us only 20K fled conscription?
The fled-category are mostly women, kids, and senior citizens.
I would take a guess that in the first week of the war...10,000 men in the age group of 18 to 40...left. Similar situation brewing for Russians in this age group as well.
In fairness, most of those who fled were women, children and elders. Fighting age men are leaving now, that’s due to things becoming more clear on the ground. Russia has set up defense lines and says “come and get us”. Russia shuts down areas of Ukraine for hours by doing flyovers of dangerous bombers (Air superiority). Just harassment but as Q-Bait has noted it works. People can’t accomplish much when hiding in bunkers, it’s good mental warfare by the Russians.
Are you counting the kidnapped children? They didn't "flee", they were forcibly taken to Russia.