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Ukrainian Defense Minister Says 200K Soldiers AWOL
Newsmax ^ | January 14, 2026 | Solange Reyner

Posted on 01/14/2026 5:37:05 PM PST by Navy Patriot

Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says 200,000 soldiers are absent without official leave β€” AWOL β€” and that 2 million are "wanted" for avoiding military service.

"I don't want to be a populist β€” I want to be a realist," Fedorov said. "The Ministry of Defense is coming into my hands with a [$6.9 billion] shortfall, 2 million Ukrainians who are wanted and 200,000 who are AWOL," Fedorov said Wednesday in an address to Parliament.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Fedorov, 34, at the start of the year. The former head of Ukraine's digital transformation policies is credited with spearheading the army's drone technology and introducing several successful e-government platforms.

Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General has launched nearly 290,000 criminal cases involving troops accused of leaving their units. More than 235,000 cases were classified as AWOL, and over 50,000 were filed as desertion.

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The War Drones On, short 2,200,000 Ukrainian Soldiers.
1 posted on 01/14/2026 5:37:05 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Sounds like the French army in the worst days of 1917, before we jumped in...


2 posted on 01/14/2026 5:39:20 PM PST by OKSooner (Susie is Rasputin.)
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To: Navy Patriot; Allegra; Bikkuri

But, but ... they’re *winning* say the FRZeepers.


3 posted on 01/14/2026 5:42:30 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Navy Patriot

B,b,b,but, Ukraine is winning, right ?


4 posted on 01/14/2026 5:42:47 PM PST by A strike (ICE ICE Baby)
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To: Jane Long

I B A Z

(In Before Angry Zeepers)


5 posted on 01/14/2026 5:45:15 PM PST by Allegra (Free Iran! Free Minnesota! )
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To: Navy Patriot

They are probably all in Poland.


6 posted on 01/14/2026 5:45:27 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Navy Patriot

Isn’t that how many Russians have died? I can’t keep with the numbers or whose winning or losing since it changes daily.... Then again I don’t really care, it’s a European problem.


7 posted on 01/14/2026 5:47:56 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Navy Patriot

That’s ten divisions AWOL.


8 posted on 01/14/2026 5:50:54 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Allegra

They’re probably getting their Mommified Bat signal as we type!


9 posted on 01/14/2026 5:54:29 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Jane Long

10 posted on 01/14/2026 5:59:55 PM PST by Allegra (Free Iran! Free Minnesota! )
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To: Allegra

Impressive!! You have video of all of them 🀣


11 posted on 01/14/2026 6:00:50 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Sounds as if they got tired of being one of the white Christian men that Zelenksy and his globalist cohorts like sending to their deaths.


12 posted on 01/14/2026 6:25:39 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yes, it does!


13 posted on 01/14/2026 6:27:36 PM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

What would you do if you knew the truth of the Russia Ukraine War?


14 posted on 01/14/2026 7:12:03 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

β€œWhat would you do if you knew the truth of the Russia Ukraine War?”

YouCraynee is winning?


15 posted on 01/14/2026 7:28:19 PM PST by tennmountainman ( (β€œLess propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Jane Long

Has Russia taken Ukraine in 4 years? No. Does Russia have paid solders from Africa who fight on the front lines? Yes. So, Russia cannot get enough Russians to be in their army so they have to go to other countries? Yes. Is Russia winning? No.


16 posted on 01/14/2026 7:37:35 PM PST by POGO163
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To: POGO163

πŸ™ƒ

Delusional.

PO GO away.


17 posted on 01/14/2026 8:18:17 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Navy Patriot
After 4 years of war it is not surprising that both sides are running short of soldiers. The Americans in the European theater in 1944 were hard-pressed to fully man the frontline combatants as well.


18 posted on 01/14/2026 9:01:11 PM PST by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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"The Americans in the European theater in 1944 were hard-pressed to fully man the frontline combatants as well."

Lame sidestep. Any old bullsh*t to shill for the sickeningly corrupt Yookville money pit, eh? Because as we know, at least 200,000 American soldiers went AWOL in WWII, right? /sarc/

19 posted on 01/15/2026 12:24:11 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Rocco DiPippo
Because as we know, at least 200,000 American soldiers went AWOL in WWII, right? /sarc/

How many Americans avoided the draft during Vietnam?

Lame sidestep. Any old bullsh*t to shill for the sickeningly corrupt Yookville money pit, eh?

Who is actually profiting from the war? The Trump administration! The same president who lied about the extent of the American contribution to the Ukraine war.

No need of SARC when exposing Trump's handling of Ukraine.


20 posted on 01/15/2026 2:52:18 AM PST by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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