Ukraine’s military admits 200,000 soldiers have fled, 2 million citizens evade draft in historic manpower crisis Ukraine’s new defense minister confirms a catastrophic manpower crisis. Official data reveals more than 250,000 desertion cases since the war began. Two million Ukrainians are wanted for evading military service. Exhausted troops see prison as a safer alternative than the front line. This internal collapse poses the gravest threat to Ukraine’s national defense. Ukraine’s new defense minister has laid bare the catastrophic manpower crisis crippling the nation’s war effort. For the first time, a top official has put numbers to the mass exodus, revealing a military buckling…

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