In early June 2025, a video circulated online claiming to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting deserters near the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. The footage circulated amid reports of ongoing fighting near ...

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Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ...

Desertion is undermining Ukraine’s military, depleting its manpower and disrupting crucial battle plans as the war with Russia drags into its third year. Facing exhaustion, trauma, and inadequate ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Even as the Army faces shrinking budgets, an audit shows it paid out $16 million in paychecks over a 2 1/2-year period to soldiers designated as AWOL or as deserters, the second ...

Tens of thousands of Syrian soldiers have deserted since the start of the war in 2011, some of them joining rebel factions and others either hiding at home or escaping abroad. A similar number is ...

After the IDF announces that it plans to step up enforcement measures against draft evaders and deserters across all demographics, Hebrew press reports that the new measures will involve shortening ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear ...