The Russian Ambassador announced mass desertion among the mobilized Ukrainian Armed Forces

Brief retelling from RIA II

Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said that almost half of those mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to escape, and several times.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum that in Ukraine people are being sent to the front by force, and noted the high level of desertion in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

MOSCOW, September 6 - RIA Novosti. Almost half of those mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to escape, and several times, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik told RIA Novosti.

“According to Ukrainian sources, today about 30-35 thousand people are forcibly recruited into armed forces, but half of them are fleeing,” Miroshnik said.

According to him, the “mess” in numbers is due to the fact that people often run many times.

“About half are trying in every possible way to avoid being in the armed forces,” the diplomat concluded.