Ukraine's commander-in-chief orders reserves to be deployed to Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts

Because of a lack of political will and poor management of troops, especially in the infantry, we certainly are not moving in a direction to properly defend the territories that we control now,

Hnezdilov said

If there’s no end term (to military service), it turns into a prison – it becomes psychologically hard to find reasons to defend this country,

Hnezdilov said

People cannot psychologically cope with the situation they are in, and they are not provided with psychological help,

said attorney Tetyana Ivanova

It is clear that now, frankly speaking, we have already squeezed the maximum out of our people,

said an officer with the 72nd Brigade, who noted that desertion was one of the main reasons Ukraine lost the town of Vuhledar in October

Being quiet about a huge problem only harms our country,

said Serhii Hnezdilov, one of few soldiers to speak publicly about his choice to desert

The main thing is that they leave combat positions during hostilities and their comrades die because of it. We had several situations when units fled, small or large. They exposed their flanks, and the enemy came to these flanks and killed their brothers in arms, because those who stood on the positions did not know that there was no one else around,

the official said

The percentage has grown exponentially every month,

he added

At this stage, I do not condemn any of the soldiers from my battalion and others. … Because everyone is just really tired,

he said

They would not have taken the territory, they would not have conquered anything, but no one would have returned,

she said

Meanwhile guys (Ukrainian soldiers) 10 kilometers (6 miles) away order you on the radio: ‘Go on, brace yourselves. Everything will be fine,

he said

The best way to explain it is imagining you are sitting under incoming fire and from their (Russian) side, it’s 50 shells coming toward you, while from our side, it’s just one. Then you see how your friends are getting torn to pieces, and you realize that any second, it can happen to you,

he said

We are now in the situation when we need more equipment to arm all the people that have already been mobilized, and we think the first priority is to send quicker, faster military aid,

Heorhii Tykhyi, a spokesman for Ukraine's foreign ministry, told reporters in Kyiv

I can confirm that this topic is being discussed at negotiations. I can refute that this is a point of tension or that it's being discussed in a critical or negative manner,

he said