Hundreds of Russian soldiers are going AWOL and refusing to fight as morale plummets, UK intelligence says

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are going AWOL and refusing to fight as morale plummets, UK intelligence says

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Conscripts at a Russian military conscription office in Grozny, Chechnya on November 17, 2014. AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev Russia's conviction rate for AWOL soldiers soared to 100 a week, UK officials said. Lack of training, low motivation, and the dangers of combat were driving the trend, they said.…

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