Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Russian troops continue to crush in Ukraine. Entering the eighth month of the war, President Vladimir Putin’s army continues to lose its grip and suffer significant setbacks.
Indeed, many of his troops weren’t sure they could win this war. This is reflected in the condition of Russian soldiers who have reportedly resigned en masse.
Luhansk Oblast governor Serhiy Haidai said many Moscow soldiers fighting in Ukraine wrote resignation letters and prematurely terminated their contracts.
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This phenomenon occurs when the war launched by President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine on February 24 enters its 8th month.
“Half of the 200 troops serving in the 3rd Guard Special Operations Brigade submitted resignation letters or terminated contracts prematurely after taking part in the war against Ukraine,” Haidai wrote via his Telegram channel. News weekSaturday (15/10/2022).
However, Haidai noted that novice soldiers or those who have recently been drafted into the army as part of Putin’s mobilization decree are ready to fight in Ukraine.
“About five hundred soldiers mobilized from the 205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Army went into the battle zone to replenish the enemy’s (Russian) losses in the temporarily occupied territory (Ukraine),” he wrote.
Haidai said the newly mobilized recruits wore Soviet-style helmets and were armed with AK-12 rifles, which he historically described as having many problems.
Meanwhile, this is not the first time the Russian military has rejected Putin’s war in Ukraine.
The Southern Ukrainian Operations Command reported in a Facebook post last September that soldiers from the 127th Regiment of the 1st Army Corps rebelled and refused to participate further in the war.
According to the command, the army lacked support, while personnel in forward positions lacked vital supplies such as water. As a result, the soldiers were expelled from their units as punishment.
In July, Andrei Rinchino, chief legal officer of the Free Buryatia Foundation, told Russian independent media MediaZona that 17 Russian soldiers were detained in the eastern Luhansk region of Ukraine for refusing to fight.
Some were also reportedly threatened with being deployed in a “combat assault squadron” for asking to return home. Such squadrons are usually made to lead attacks and are expected to suffer heavy losses in operations.
According to court reports, a Russian soldier was also convicted of refusing to fight in Ukraine in July. Ilya Kononov, a contract soldier from the city of Pskov in western Russia, was accused of illegally leaving the unit after leaving his military unit without a permit for more than 10 days.
The contract soldier was then sentenced on July 21 to a one-year limitation of military service and a 10% reduction in state benefits.
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