Russian soldier desertion skyrockets
The Kremlin’s March 26 report, though buried in opaque language and hedged by bureaucracy, confirmed a catastrophic surge in desertion within Russia’s ground forces—an indicator not only of flagging morale, but of a military institution in active decay. The documented leap from 834 deserters in 2020 to 1,485 in 2022 already suggested systemic stress. However,…
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