Russian soldiers apparently refuse to fight or even leave their place of deployment. The Russian army is losing “mass” soldiers in the region.
Since the start of the Ukraine war, there have been reports of the lack of morale in Putin's army. It's not just the Russian army that is lacking soldiers. Ukraine also has a personnel problem: there is still no functioning rotation principle for the front, and many soldiers have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the war. The New York Times estimates that 70,000 soldiers died on the Ukrainian side and between 100,000 and 120,000 were injured. “The enemy outnumbers us seven to ten times, we lack personnel,” said Ukrainian commander Yuriy Sodol, according to SZ. Kiev recently lowered the minimum age for calling up reservists to 25 years. A law passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday also increases the penalties for conscientious objectors. In addition, a passage that provided for soldiers to be discharged from the army after 36 months of service will also be eliminated in the future.