The Deserter Crisis: How Thousands of Soldiers Are Fleeing the Front Lines in Ukraine
Thousands are fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war. Their stories reveal two broken armies. 👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: • What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why thousands of soldiers are fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war — and why desertion means very different things on each side. Ukrainian defenders may break after years of service, exhaustion, bad commanders, untreated wounds, and no clear rotation. Russian soldiers face a darker trap: mobilization, forced contracts, pressure from commanders, punishment that sends them back to the front, and a state that treats them as bodies to be returned to war. This video looks at who deserts, why they run, how they survive in hiding, how Ukraine and Russia handle the crisis differently, and what both countries will face when the war finally ends. Video Chapters: 00:00 How Thousands of Soldiers Are Fleeing the Front Lines in Ukraine 02:37 Ukraine’s Breaking Point 06:37 Russia’s Human Trap 09:44 Life in Hiding 14:37 Two Armies, Two Deals 18:29 The Bill Comes Due JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-n... 👉 / baryelvira 👉 / elvira.bary MY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES ➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://amzn.to/43PutaM ➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://amzn.to/4owy45Z ➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://amzn.to/47OXZyM MY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER ➡️ The Girl from the Labyrinth (a dark fantasy novel about a young queen, cast from her throne, who must save the man she loves after he’s accused of her murder) https://amzn.to/49FWjdd RELATED VIDEOS: ➡️ Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REALLY Think About the West: • Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REA... ➡️War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want: • War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really... ➡️How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive? • How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive? 👉Join Elvira's Think Tank for special access: / @elvirabary or 👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary or 👉Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... #ElviraBary #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #WarInUkraine #Deserters #Desertion #AWOL #RussianDeserters #UkrainianSoldiers #RussianSoldiers #MilitaryDesertion #RussianArmy #UkrainianArmy #Putin #Kremlin #Mobilization #RussianMobilization #MilitaryService #Conscripts #ContractSoldiers #WarTrauma #PTSD #Frontline #Trenches #MilitaryJustice #MilitaryLaw #SoldiersRights #ArmyPlus #MilitaryOmbudsman #HumanTrap #ForcedMobilization #OccupiedDonbas #Donetsk #Luhansk #PrisonOrFront #RussianAsylum #PoliticalAsylum #WarCrimes #RefusingWar #WarAndSociety #PostWarRussia #PostWarUkraine #Putinism #Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #DeepDive #Podcast #ThinkTank
