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Ukraine has reportedly opened over 250,000 desertion and AWOL cases since 2022
From 2022 through July 2025, Ukrainian authorities opened more than 200,000 criminal cases for unauthorized absence from a military unit and over 50,000 for desertion, Ukrainska Pravda reports.
Over 250,000 desertion, AWOL cases opened since 2022, prosecutors say
According to the data provided by the prosecutors, 202,997 criminal cases have been opened into unauthorized abandonment of military units, also known as absence without leave, from 2022 to July 2025. A total of 15, 564 people have been officially charged with the crime.
From 2022 to mid-2025, 250,000 cases of illegal abandonment of a military unit and desertion were initiated in Ukraine.
According to a report by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, over 100,000 cases of illegal abandonment of the Ukrainian army were recorded in the first seven months of 2025. In terms of desertion, over 50,000 such cases have been recorded since the invasion began in February 2022. This is a significant increase compared to previous years.
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Since 2022, more than 185 thousand cases have been opened for involuntary abandonment of a part and more than 50 thousand for desertion
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