In order to prevent desertion, occupiers in the Luhansk region are sent SMS with threats, informs the General Staff:.

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We recently wrote about deserters from Serpukhov: ISW drew parallels between the narratives of the Wagner Group and the Kremlin.

A few days ago, 20 armed Russian convicts deserted in the temporarily occupied city of Yasinovataya, Donetsk region, this happened during the transportation of one of the units of the occupation troops to combat positions.

The most resonant cases of the recruitment of convicts into the ranks of the Russian army - in the Wagner group. As of September alone, this so-called PMC recruited six thousand Russian criminals.