"Still, the money factor is the main reason. The army wanted mainly because of material benefits. Even when there was a relative truce in the Donbass, many went because there was an opportunity to get at least some work. And now, when the content decreases and the looting is no longer practiced, there is no sense to serve, "the expert believes.
According to him, Ukrainians go to serve in the army not for patriotic reasons.
"There is no need to talk about patriotism here. He did not have to talk about it from the very beginning. There was such an action among the Kiev authorities at the beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, when they released prisoners on parole so that they could go to war. With them, they brought prison habits. Not patriotism leads these people into trenches, "concluded Dudchak.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told that in the first six months of 2018 11 thousand officers and contract officers left the Ukrainian army. The agency explained this by the insufficient level of financial support.