More than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers went AWOL. Ukraine’s answer isn’t punishment but choice of where to serve
Ukraine expanded its simplified return program for soldiers who went AWOL.
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Russian soldiers torch their own truck to escape suicide assaults near Pokrovsk
The Atesh network reveals that assaults near Pokrovsk have turned into a “meat grinder,” as Moscow’s forces throw in exhausted units in pursuit of symbolic victory.
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.
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.
Partisans: Russia’s 247th Air Assault Regiment crumbles amid desertions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Desperation grows as Russia treats locals like expendable pawns.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russian nuclear forces deserter reveals invasion day secrets
Russian nuclear officer exposes classified base protocols, combat readiness, and claimed personal struggle against military propaganda.
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.
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.