, August 22. . Desertion has become a widespread problem in the Ukrainian armed forces, with servicemen abandoning positions in "thousands," said Alexander Fediyenko, a member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament).Earlier, another Rada member Ruslan Gorbenko informed that around 80,000 criminal cases against servicemen who abandoned their positions have been launched.
Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the chief of staff at the president’s office, admitted in early August that troops on the frontline are weary of combat, military losses and shortages of weapons and ammunition. Political observer and military officer Kirill Sazonov said even experienced servicemen are war-weary, having to spend lengthy periods of time on the frontline without proper rotation. Some of them refuse to follow orders and abandon their positions, he added.
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