WORLD WORLDWIDE UK United-Kingdom Europe - news journal UPDATE - (en) UK, ACG: OVER 18, 000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS DESERT (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Exact numbers of deserters from the Russian army are very difficult to

track down and verify. However, in connection with the partial
mobilisation, about 650,000 men of call-up age fled from Russia.
According to the report of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service
(HUR) dated 29th April 2024, soldiers of the Russian Southern Military
District, whose units are stationed in Ukraine, are leaving their posts
in an increasing number. Military intelligence reported that in total,
more than 18,000 soldiers of the Southern Military District have left
their posts, of whom about 12,000 belonged to the 8th Combined Arms
Army. Of this number there are about 10,000 mobilised conscripts and
2,000 contract soldiers. In the Russian 58th Combined Arms Army the
desertion rate is about 2,500 soldiers. Earlier in April, the British
Ministry of Defence said Russian troops in Ukraine are mostly contract
soldiers and reservists mobilised in late 2022, but pressure is often on
conscripts to sign contracts. Russian deserters are being helped by the
organization Idite Lesom ("Get Lost"). This organization has already
helped almost 1,500 soldiers desert the Russian army and helped another
43,000 men completely avoid military withdrawal and deployment to war.
To support them visit their website: https://iditelesom.org/en

Information from the Czech Facebook page Dezertér - antimilitaristický
zpravodaj (Deserter-anti-militarist reporter) at
https://www.facebook.com/people/Dezert%C3%A9r-antimilitaristick%C3%BD-zpravodaj/61570388985217/

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/02/04/over-18000-russian-soldiers-desert/
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