In the AFU confirmed the desertion of the military on training in France
Cases of desertion of some military personnel from the 155th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) "Anna Kievska" trained in France did occur. This was stated by the commander of the AFU ground forces Mykhailo Drapatyi on January 7.
"A number of facts (desertion. - Ed.) took place. For my part, I have a negative attitude to all these manifestations and to what could be corrected on the ground by all levels of management," Drapatyi said on the air of the Ukrainian telethon "United News."
The commander did not specify exactly how many militants had left their places spontaneously.
On the eve, January 6, the AFP news agency reported that the French Defense Ministry confirms cases of desertion of several dozen Ukrainian soldiers from the 155th Ukrainian brigade during exercises in the European republic. It was specified that the military had the right to leave the barracks, and desertion is not a crime in France.
Forbes magazine reported on January 1 that the Anna Kievskaya Brigade, which was formed only recently and received armaments, began to disintegrate even before it arrived at the line of contact near Krasnoarmeysk (Ukrainian name: Pokrovsk).
Before that, on December 31, 2024, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov (recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of the Russian Federation) said that the number of cases of military desertions from the 155th mechanized brigade of the AFU was increasing. The journalist pointed out that already at the stage when the brigade was sent to France for training, there were 935 cases of soldiers leaving the unit unauthorized.
The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the backdrop of the worsening situation in the region.
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