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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Sounds like the French army in the worst days of 1917, before we jumped in...
But, but ... they’re *winning* say the FRZeepers.
B,b,b,but, Ukraine is winning, right ?
I B A Z
(In Before Angry Zeepers)
They are probably all in Poland.
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.
That’s ten divisions AWOL.
They’re probably getting their Mommified Bat signal as we type!
Impressive!! You have video of all of them π€£
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.
Yes, it does!
What would you do if you knew the truth of the Russia Ukraine War?
βWhat would you do if you knew the truth of the Russia Ukraine War?β
YouCraynee is winning?
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.
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Delusional.
PO GO away.
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/
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.
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