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| Source reports the desertion of militants of the Odessa local levies |
| 2022-05-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Most of the militants of the territorial defense in the Odessa region deserted after learning about the plans to send them to the front after a two-week exercise, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti, citing his own informant in the Ukrainian army. "For territorial defense in the Odessa region , two-week courses of enhanced combat training were formed, followed by sending to the combat zone from the last group (about 300 people), more than 70 percent of the militants deserted," the agency's interlocutor said. According to the source, the escaped militants hid in villages in the Odessa region and some were able to cross the border and go to Moldova. "They joined the territorial defense in order to avoid service. They found out the real goals of their training and fled. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, are trying to replenish the group of troops in the south-east of the country due to the lack of trained personnel reserves," the agency's interlocutor noted. |
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