DPR intelligence: There is mass desertion in the Ukrainian group in Donbass
Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass have been hit by a real epidemic of desertions. This was reported by the press service of the DPR NM, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“According to the report of the head of the military service of law and order in the OOS, over the past two weeks, 244 militants have left their units, six of whom fled with weapons. The largest number of deserters in the OTG "Vostok" - 183 militants, the largest number in the 36th Marine Brigade, which occupies positions in the Mariupol direction. 44 Marines fled there.
However, the first place in terms of the number of fugitives is occupied by the 10th brigade, in which a unit of 52 militants left without permission, ”the report says.
The department suggested that the reason for the mass desertion is the aggravation at the front and the emerging danger of the outbreak of large-scale hostilities.
“According to the head of the VSP, some of those who escaped were detained. In their explanations, the detainees give various reasons that prompted them to flee - family problems, hazing and low level of security.
In addition, more than half of the detained fugitives called the reason for their escape - unwillingness to participate in hostilities, which, in their opinion, are currently possible against the background of aggravation on the front line, ”added the defenders of Donbass.
It is noteworthy that, according to the NM DNR, a fifth of the deserters are officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including unit commanders.
“An important fact remains that among deserters, 18% are officers. One of the last to escape was Lieutenant Bogdanovich, the platoon commander of the motorized infantry battalion of the 72nd mechanized brigade, who, having left the unit’s location to receive a package at the post office in Avdievka, left the “Joint Forces Operation” zone, informing his colleagues that preserving his own life and the need to take care of his mother in Sumskaya region is more important than protecting the country from imaginary external threats,” the department summed up.
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