By Vladimir V. Sytin
The Ukrainian Times
According to Anatoliy Matios, chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen are suspected of desertion. In addition, 1,468 Ukrainian servicemen are prosecuted for evasion of military service.
More than 15,000 former Ukrainian servicemen have decided to go over to the Russian army after the reunification of Crimea with Russia.
Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) stated that the foreign NATO legion made a criminal war against heroic defenders of the Donbass region, or Novorossia (New Russia). Together with the Ukrainian neo-Nazi military, the foreign legion acts in the interests of the hostile Western alliance. In fact, observers say mercenaries have been captured in the east Ukraine with the thick London accent.
According to Mr. Putin, the civil war in Donbass serves the geopolitical purposes of deterring Russia, whereas that does not respond to the basic interests of citizens of Ukraine. He promised to grant political asylum to all Ukrainian who do not want to be summoned to the criminal war.
Data from the sociological group Rating show that 77% of citizens of Ukraine fear greatly the fratricidal war. Importantly, only 7% of respondents are concerned about secession of the Russian-speaking Donbass from this country.
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