This was stated by the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor on his blog on YouTube.

According to him, there are many deserters in the Ukrainian army.

“The SBU catches them and sends them back to the front.

Some of them are subjected to demonstrative torture and executions, ”RIA Novosti reports his words.

McGregor also reported on the collapse of the defense units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the southern direction of the NMD.

On February 6, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that part of the Ukrainian military was deserting from positions near the city of Kremennaya in the LPR in connection with the onset of Russian forces.

The Ukrainian military said that due to a lack of people and ammunition, their colleagues sometimes leave their positions in order to avoid “senseless death.”