{"id":1505731,"date":"2024-12-03T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1505731"},"modified":"2024-12-03T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:30:00","slug":"as-many-as-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-have-deserted-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/as-many-as-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-have-deserted-lawmaker\/1505731\/","title":{"rendered":"As Many As 200,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Have Deserted: Lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Many As 200,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Have Deserted: Lawmaker<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ukrainian soldiers refusing to report for\u00a0duty or walking\u00a0away from their front-line positions are becoming an increasing problem for Kiev. One Ukrainian lawmaker said that there have been as many as 200,000 desertions<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ukrainian officials and soldiers told the AP<\/a> that “Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide into anonymity<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Ukrainian ground forces, via Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The report adds, “Entire units have abandoned their posts<\/strong>, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.”<\/p>\n

“Some take medical leave and never return, haunted by the traumas of war and demoralized by\u00a0bleak prospects for victory,” writes The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Others clash with commanders and refuse to carry out orders, sometimes in the middle of firefights.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Soldiers failing to report to their posts are a rapidly worsening problem for Kiev. In 2022, only 9,000 Ukrainians were prosecuted for desertion.<\/p>\n

That number increased to 24,000 in 2023. Ukrainian government data showed prosecutions skyrocketed<\/strong> to\u00a050,000<\/a>\u00a0during the first nine months of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The prosecutions do not capture the whole picture as one Ukrainian lawmaker told AP the number “could be as high as 200,000.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

The growing problem is likely a result of war fatigue.<\/p>\n

“It is clear that now, frankly speaking, we have already squeezed the maximum out of our people,” <\/strong><\/em>said one military officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between casualties and desertions, Kiev is facing a massive manpower shortage. The AP noted Kiev lost a net 4,000 soldiers along the front lines in September. The White House is pushing Ukraine to lower its consumption age to\u00a018 to help fill<\/a>\u00a0shortages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 12\/03\/2024 – 06:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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