They flee battalions: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation record a high level of desertion - analysts

According to one of the internal documents of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 1000 Russian servicemen were deserted only from one 20th Motorized Rifle Division. Due to the poor attitude of the Russian military command to fighters and officers in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a very high level of desertion is recorded. This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) for November 20.

The report referred to the publication of the Russian opposition edition "Important History", which reports that the internal document of the Ministry of Defense of Russia describes in detail how more Army, Southern Military District). It is noted that as of April 20, 2024, it was much more than the personnel of the battalion.

According to journalists, the command of the 20th Separate Rifle Brigade (OMBSR) turned to the Ministry of Defense for help in the return of deserters and interviewed the personnel Soldiers and the practice of sending wounded and sick soldiers.

"These complaints reflect the frequent complaints of Russian ultranationalist military bloggers on the bad attitude of the Ministry of Defense to military personnel, and the probable internal document indicates an awareness of the defense agency of the magnitude of the problems with the moral spirit of Russian soldiers," the ISW report reads.

On November 19, the Russian opposition edition of Mobilization News spread staff at which the soldiers of the Russian 36th Motorized Rifle Brigade (29th Air Army, the Eastern Military District) appeal directly to the Russian Defense Minister Andriy Belousov for complaints that they were sending them to the commanders The assault without intelligence and artillery support.