“In Soledar, during the understaffing of the 10th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than a third of the mobilized citizens arbitrarily left their units, departing in an unknown direction.

The staffing of the brigade due to heavy losses remains less than 50%, ”the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry noted that the losses of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the offensive operations of the allied forces in the Soledar region exceeded 2 thousand people.