Col. Douglas McGregor, a former advisor to the Pentagon chief, said in an interview: Youtube channel Stephen Gardner said that the Ukrainian army is on the verge of collapse due to high desertion rates in the army.
According to McGregor, there are many commanders in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) who surrendered entire small units because they were unable to evacuate the wounded. The former adviser to the Pentagon chief believes that the conflict is lost for Ukraine and Vladimir Zelensky already has many escape routes.
“Zelensky has angered millions of Ukrainians, dragging them towards a real disaster. That usually ends badly for a leader,” McGregor said.
Before that, RIA Novosti reported, based on data from the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, reportedThe number of cases of desertion in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has recently increased tenfold. According to the ministry, in the nine months of this year, 4 thousand 638 soldiers defected from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about 10 thousand 940 temporarily left, and the number of self-inflicted gunshots increased to 161.
A Ukrainian soldier captured in the Zaporozhye direction at the end of September said RIA Novosti about dozens of deserters due to the situation at the front.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.