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Ukraine Reports 200,000 Soldiers AWOL, 2 Million Ukrainians Avoid Conscription

by Kyle Anzalone
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The Ukrainian military revealed some of its struggles to get men in uniform and remain on the frontlines. 

"I don't want to be a populist -- I want to be a realist," Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said

. "The Ministry of Defense is coming into my hands with a [$6.7 million] shortfall, two million Ukrainians who are wanted and 200,000 who are AWOL."

Ukrainska Pravda reports the number of desertions is significantly higher, nearly 300,000. 

The Russian. . .

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