To Escape War In Ukraine, More Russian Soldiers Are Deserting – Analysis

To Escape War In Ukraine, More Russian Soldiers Are Deserting – Analysis

Eurasia Review

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By Timofei Rozhanskiy

(RFE/RL) -- As fighting raged in an around Bakhmut amid Russia's unrelenting assault earlier this year turning the eastern Ukrainian city to rubble, a Russian conscript began plotting how he would desert shortly after being deployed there.

Anton (not his real name) said he was given a two-week leave...

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