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Over 25,000 Russian troops deserted Central Military District in nine months

A single military district lost over 25K troops to desertion, with soldiers abandoning positions, disappearing from bases, or failing to return from leave, according to Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence.

byMaria Tril

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Russia unleashes mobile squads for soldiers who suddenly decided not to kill Ukrainians, forcing them into death fights

Every soldier has a choice: join the slaughter in Ukraine or stay home.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Partisans: Russia’s 247th Air Assault Regiment crumbles amid desertions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Desperation grows as Russia treats locals like expendable pawns.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russia’s manpower crisis deepens — army calls its mercenaries “expendable” in leaked audio

RFE/RL uncovers how Moscow now views volunteer fighters as throwaway tools for exhausting Ukrainian forces.

byYuri Zoria

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Kupiansk front turns into mass execution zone as Russian soldiers murder their commanders, steal trucks, and vanish

Not Ukraine. Not NATO. Russia is now at the war with itself after Kyiv takes out over 1 million troops.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Analysis

Modern weapons, ancient lessons: Why Ukraine’s NATO-trained brigades struggle to deliver

Two millennia after Rome's legions proved that veterans outperform raw recruits, Ukraine faces the same hard truth.

byAlya Shandra

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Analysis

Ukraine faces critical military reform challenge as desertions soar past 100,000

New promising policies allow unit transfers and civilian promotions, but ineffective mobilization rules remain unchanged.

byBohdan Ben

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Russian nuclear forces deserter reveals invasion day secrets

Russian nuclear officer exposes classified base protocols, combat readiness, and claimed personal struggle against military propaganda.

byYuri Zoria

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Russians search for 18 North Korean deserters near Ukraine’s border, Ukrainian intel source says

The source says DPRK soldiers have fled their positions in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk oblasts, while the Russian military searches for deserters and hides the incident from superiors.

byYuri Zoria

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russia deploys blocking units to prevent increasing desertions in Kharkiv direction by force

As the number of surrenders and desertions of Russian forces on the frontlines increases, the elements of the Chechen 'Akhmat' Spetsnaz were transferred to Kharkiv Oblast to serve as blocking units, tasked with firing on their own troops to prevent unauthorized retreats.

byReporting from Ukraine