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Ukraine probes almost 300,000 cases of desertion and leaving duty.
New Voice of Ukraine ^ | Oct 2025 | NVOU

Posted on 11/29/2025 8:49:17 AM PST by delta7

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have opened nearly 290,000 criminal cases related to unauthorized absence from military duty and desertion since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Prosecutor General’s Office told the Ukrainska Pravda news outlet on Oct. 14.

From January 2022 to September 2025, investigators registered 235,646 cases of unauthorized absence from service and 53,954 cases of desertion.

This is a sharp increase compared to the same period between January 2022 and September 2024, when approximately 90,000 cases were recorded — around 60,000 for unauthorized absence and 30,000 for desertion.


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Well, well, well, ....written in Oct, we can safely with the collapse of Petrovsk, Myrnograd, Kupiansk, etc....the numbers are much higher.

Post war analysis will explode senile Joe's war supporters, especially with Ukie KIA, WIA, MIA, Captured, Surrendered, sickness and desertion figures.

1 posted on 11/29/2025 8:49:17 AM PST by delta7
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--- "Ukraine probes almost 300,000 cases of desertion and leaving duty."

Missing from the report are those prominent government elite who have left the country permanently. Mindich and the golden toilet crowd....

2 posted on 11/29/2025 9:10:01 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: delta7

My understanding is that Ukrainian conscripts are in “for the duration” once they are dragooned into the Ukrainian military. That means they are in until they are KIA, permanently maimed/disabled or they desert. The growing desertions are not a surprise to anyone following (using diverse sources of new and information) this war closely.


3 posted on 11/29/2025 9:16:25 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: delta7

Put Zelinsky and Putin in a room and let THEM fight to the death. STOP sending your citizenry.


4 posted on 11/29/2025 9:17:52 AM PST by singermom3
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

“… Missing from the report are those prominent government elite who have left the country permanently. …”
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Also missing are counts of those who have deserted but “remain on the rolls” so their commanders can continue to collect their salaries and allocated supplies.


5 posted on 11/29/2025 9:20:13 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

How many were killed in action and there’s no record of it ?


6 posted on 11/29/2025 9:23:59 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: singermom3

This is a proxy war. Zelensky is the Ukraine face of it and does the bidding of those steering him.

A room with Zelensky and Putin would do nothing.


7 posted on 11/29/2025 9:28:01 AM PST by dforest
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To: delta7

As I said about the south Vietnamese I’ll say about the Ukrainians....if their boys won’t fight for their own country then our boys certainly don’t fight for their country.


8 posted on 11/29/2025 9:30:08 AM PST by ealgeone
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--- "How many were killed in action and there’s no record of it ?"

Gee, I don't know. Given the reflections from my era in the US Army, we still have some few MIAs from Vietnam. Your question will likely never be answered for anyone on any side.

9 posted on 11/29/2025 9:30:27 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: House Atreides

Awhile back the Pentagon published what the US was giving to Ukraine. What stuck out? 250,000 artificial limbs. ( consistent with Artillery casualties). Vlad’s artillery ratio of 7:1 has increased to 20:1…..the amount of seperated Ukie soldiers without limbs is terrifying to the Ukie society…as it should be.


10 posted on 11/29/2025 10:06:32 AM PST by delta7
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They are finding out the truth.

11 posted on 11/29/2025 10:32:35 AM PST by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: delta7

Those who refuse to defend their country from an invader do not deserve to have one.

If the United States is ever invaded, I expect most Democrats will flee to Canada or Mexico.


12 posted on 11/29/2025 10:33:12 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

In your opinion, do you think the US did leave some living MIAs behind as prisoners because getting them back was too difficult and would have required continuing the war there?


13 posted on 11/29/2025 10:48:01 AM PST by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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To: butlerweave

Ukrainian military leaders order soldiers to hold positions until they are encircled and then tell them to keep holding. The soldiers have to decide whether to surrender against orders or die. Military experts have been trying to figure why they do this for several years now.


14 posted on 11/29/2025 10:49:50 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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To: delta7

If you are grabbed off the street and shoved into a van, escaping at the first opportunity is sane, morally justified and is not “desertion”.


15 posted on 11/29/2025 10:54:01 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: JimRed

Democrats already rolled out the red carpet to invaders. Then they settled them in every city and paid them. NOW they are defending them being removed.


16 posted on 11/29/2025 12:12:16 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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---- "In your opinion, do you think the US did leave some living MIAs behind as prisoners because getting them back was too difficult and would have required continuing the war there?"

We were told, 'officially no' and unofficially yes. Ditto with fragging and other incidents. So my opinion is just plain "yes." As to the last part of your "because," the war could not have been continued. "Frequent Wind" was, in the same manner, 'successful' if you were among those who got out, and a failure if you were among the many left behind. We assisted a couple of Vietnamese to get out in that time who are now loyal US citizens and very conservative in their outlook.

17 posted on 11/29/2025 12:36:02 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Most of them are in Poland

Police detain over 100 at Belarusian rap concert in Warsaw and investigate Ukrainian nationalist flag

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/08/11/police-detain-over-100-at-belarusian-rap-concert-in-warsaw-and-investigate-ukrainian-nationalist-flag/


18 posted on 11/29/2025 12:40:16 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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And elsewhere too....

Young Ukrainian men needed at home, Germany's Merz tells Zelenskiy Reuters, 13 November 2025


19 posted on 11/29/2025 1:05:18 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Thank you for serving and your response to the questions.


20 posted on 11/29/2025 1:56:38 PM PST by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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