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Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers training there deserted in France
Several dozen Ukrainian military personnel who were trained in France deserted. AFP reports this, citing a representative of the French army.
He did not specify exactly how many Ukrainians deserted, but noted that the share of deserters from the total number of Ukrainian soldiers trained on French territory remains “extremely insignificant.”
The agency's interlocutor also recalled that desertion, according to current French legislation, is not a criminal offense, and escaped Ukrainian soldiers had the right to leave the barracks.
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“If someone deserted, the French prosecutor did not have the power to arrest that person. And the right granted to the Ukrainian authorities on French territory is just a disciplinary right,” explained the AFP interlocutor.
Reportedly, we are talking about servicemen of the 155th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Anna Kyiv”. Confirmation by the French authorities of the report of desertion of the brigade's military personnel occurred against the backdrop of the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine initiating a criminal case on abuse of power and desertion in this unit.
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The first reports of desertion of military personnel from this brigade appeared in December last year. In particular, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov wrote that even before the unit entered the battle, its ranks left 1,700 soldiers without permission, and another 50 deserted during exercises in France.
According to AFP, 2,300 soldiers from the Anna Kyiv brigade were trained in France. Another 2,200 fighters of this unit were trained without leaving the territory of Ukraine.
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