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As tensions rise and the likelihood of a Ukrainian offensive grows, the already low morale of the UAF forces has worsened, resulting in a streak of desertions. Desertions are now at an all time high, corroborated by Ukrainian media.
In the most recent instance of desertion in recent days since the incident, a segment of a whole platoon of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arbitrarily left the location of the unit, taking with them their regular weapons. This mush was revealed at a briefing in Lugansk, according to the head of the press service of the People's Police LPR Yakov Osadchy.
"In the village of Popasna, the security agencies of Ukraine are conducting operational measures to find four soldiers from the 14th brigade, who, on November 25, voluntarily left the location of the unit with standard weapons," the agency LITs quoted him.
Osadchy added that Ukrainian commanders are hiding this fact from their superiors. Indeed, these incoming reports are clearly incomplete, due to the general success that Ukrainian commanders have in hiding these desertions which analysts claim have become common-place.
In the People's Militia, they have repeatedly noted that the moral and mental state of the Kiev security officials is worsening, they continue to maraud and organize "drunken clashes" which are not embraced by the local population, and cases of non-statutory relationships that lead to desertion and suicide among the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become frequent.
With Poroshenko's martial law provisions in place, journalists may find it illegal to report now on such desertions and suicides. This will create a longer-term problem for the Kiev Junta, as Ukrainians will increasingly look to foreign press for reports on the situation in the east of the country. Once citizens become accustomed to visiting websites not in anyway under the influence of the Kiev regime, the Junta will lose its ability to manufacture consent all together.
Last April, McClatchy published a blockbuster story with the headline "Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier." The story was the subject of a lot of talk among Resistance types. But one notable thing about the McClatchy scoop was that other news organizations never duplicated it, as is common when one outlet breaks a big story. Now Mueller, with vastly more resources and investigative power than any news organization, hasn't either.
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