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Tens of thousands of soldiers have deserted from Ukraine's army
Euronews ^ | 11/30/2024 | Euronews

Posted on 11/30/2024 9:46:11 AM PST by SmokingJoe

More than 100,000 soldiers have been charged under Ukraine’s desertion laws since Russia invaded in 2022, according to the country’s General Prosecutor.

Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia.

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, according to soldiers, lawyers and Ukrainian officials. Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.

Some take medical leave and never return, haunted by the traumas of war and demoralised by bleak prospects for victory. Others clash with commanders and refuse to carry out orders, sometimes in the middle of firefights.

“This problem is critical,” said Oleksandr Kovalenko, a Kyiv-based military analyst. “This is the third year of war, and this problem will only grow.”

(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3daywar; anywarisagoodwar; fakenews; ithoughtrussiawon; putinswar; saidthekgb; tothelastukrainian; ukraine; ukrainewar; zeepershasthesads
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Not looking great for Ukraine.
1 posted on 11/30/2024 9:46:11 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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The Z-Man is becoming irrelevant. Quickly.


2 posted on 11/30/2024 9:48:59 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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None of this would be happening if 2020 wasn’t stolen from DJT.


3 posted on 11/30/2024 9:49:05 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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Who wants to die for Pedo Joe’s 10% and Hunters cocaine and whore habit?


4 posted on 11/30/2024 9:49:58 AM PST by PGR88
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But what about the glorious Uke victories Zeepers post here everyday???


5 posted on 11/30/2024 9:52:09 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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Where is mucusmaximus? I am sure he can tell us this is not true and its really the Russian troops who are deserting.


6 posted on 11/30/2024 9:52:29 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Zelensky: Some of you are going to die horrible, painful, meaningless deaths, but that is a sacrifice I’m willing to take.


7 posted on 11/30/2024 9:52:35 AM PST by BEJ
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More likely that Putin wouldn't have done anything in 2020 if Trump had won.

But that means Gavin Newsom may win in 2024. Putin may invade Ukraine in 2025 under the Newsom Administration.

8 posted on 11/30/2024 9:54:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Zeepers are inconsolable.


9 posted on 11/30/2024 9:58:30 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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“ 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, according to soldiers, lawyers and Ukrainian officials. Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.”
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BUNCH OF INGRATES! Don’t they realize they’re in “FOR THE DURATION” (until DEATH, TOTAL MAIMING OR WAR’S END). They should be glad for the opportunity to die for Zelensky, the Neocons and ZEEPERS.


10 posted on 11/30/2024 10:04:41 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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Yeah


11 posted on 11/30/2024 10:08:01 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Gay State Conservative
ROTC sleeper agent Alexander Semyon Vindman (born Aleksandr Semyonovich Vindman) and his identical twin brother Yevgeny were born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union to a Jewish family.


12 posted on 11/30/2024 10:08:04 AM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Just hang on........


13 posted on 11/30/2024 10:08:48 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SmokingJoe

Did they think Z-ski would share any of his grift?


14 posted on 11/30/2024 10:12:27 AM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...mucusmaximus...”

LOLOLOLMAO!


15 posted on 11/30/2024 10:17:23 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Tens of thousands of soldiers have deserted from Ukraine's army

Excellent!

Tell 'em they are Above the Law and send 'em to Poland!

16 posted on 11/30/2024 10:19:11 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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I wonder how many were caught in the Russian nightclub 2 am dragnet.


17 posted on 11/30/2024 10:24:02 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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To: Carriage Hill

I stole it from somebody.


18 posted on 11/30/2024 10:26:53 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Russian propaganda.

Ukrainians are fighting to protect their homes and families. They don’t need to be forced


19 posted on 11/30/2024 10:36:27 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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"...and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia."
Name the time that was not 'crucial.' A religous holiday? Some 3-day weekend?
20 posted on 11/30/2024 10:43:05 AM PST by citizen (Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
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