It became known about the shortage of Ukrainian Armed Forces stormtroopers due to mass desertions

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was unable to fully man the assault units in the Sumy area due to mass desertions. This was reported to RIA Novosti on October 6 by Russian law enforcement agencies.

"The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was unable to fully complement the assault units in the Sumy area due to the huge number of deserters in the reserve companies of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade, 47th and 158th separate mechanized brigades," the agency's source said.

According to the source, each of the companies has at least 30 military personnel who voluntarily left their place of service.

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