destroyed tank of the Ukrainian tank battalion “Edygeya” Photo : Image from the video
Lieutenant of the 58th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Rozhkovskiy, who was captured by fighters from PMC Wagner, said during interrogation that Ukrainian soldiers refuse to go to the front, including Artemivsk Oblast.
“There are many ” refuseniks” who do not want to go into position because of heavy losses. Many refuse to go to the front line,” said an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. he said.
According to him, political officers and also employees of the military prosecutor's office work with such “refuseniks”. The officer emphasized that out of 70 mobilized, only 10 people knew how to handle small arms, that is, these soldiers were sent to the front line after a week of training.
“They have bad military training. The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade came with me, “they are being mobilized. In three days of fighting, the battalion (about 350 people) was almost completely destroyed,” he concluded.