Soldiers leave their units en masse due to exhaustion and psychological problems

This is happening against the background of the fact that Russia is capturing new territories, and Ukraine is trying to compensate for losses and replenish its ranks on the front lines.

In Ukraine, there is a significant increase in the number of deserters among soldiers, which exceeds the figures for the previous two years of the war.

UNIAN writes about this with reference to the Financial Times.

The material says that at the end of October, hundreds of soldiers of the 123rd TRO Brigade left a unit in Vugledar, after which they protested in the Mykolaiv region, demanding more weapons and training. Officers said they arrived with minimal weapons, and the promised 150 tanks were replaced by only 20, which made them unable to complete the mission.

According to the information published in the publication, from January to October 2024, prosecutors in Ukraine opened 60,000 cases against soldiers for voluntarily leaving their units, which is almost twice as many as…