Two motorized rifle companies and a mortar battery almost in full force laid down their arms, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Increasingly, there is information about new cases of desertion and the mass refusal of military personnel to participate in hostilities against Ukraine..

“So a few days ago, almost the entire personnel of one of the battalion tactical groups (two motorized rifle companies and a mortar battery), which were formed from the 4th military base of the RF Armed Forces (military unit 66431, g. Tskhinvali, South Ossetia) and were involved in the Donetsk direction, refused to participate in military aggression against Ukraine,"

These are not isolated cases.. Half of the company from the 18th motorized rifle division of the 11th army corps of the Coastal Forces of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, fighting in the Kharkov region near the city of Izyum, also refused to fight.

The Russian leadership is trying by any means to force people to fight, from persuasion they are moving to threats and criminal prosecution.. However, the massive nature of the refusals restrains the leaders, because information about the demoralized army and unwillingness to fight is hidden from the Russians..

Wide publicity of these facts may cause a military riot in Russian units.

For demonstrative punishment, 12 soldiers of the Krasnodar OMON " Perhaps the ethnic principle of selection was involved, because the vast majority of them are descendants of Ukrainians from the Kuban.

Recall that the Ukrainian authorities announced a monetary reward for those Russians who voluntarily transfer military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The first person has already arrived.