With no end in sight to the ongoing war with Russia, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have deserted their posts, creating a “critical” problem military officials only expect will worsen ...

Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers. Some take medical leave and never ...

In early June 2025, a video circulated online claiming to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting deserters near the Ukrainian city ...

It is unclear if those fleeing the army are mostly conscripts, or if some who earlier volunteered are also abandoning their posts ... s southern military district had deserted.

Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers. Some take medical leave and never ...

But on Wednesday, November 27, Khouli’s commanding officer – at another post behind the frontlines ... documents Reuters found in an abandoned military office in the capital, painted ...