Law on strengthening the responsibility of the Ukrainian military for unauthorized departure from the battlefield or from the place of service, desertion, disobedience, as well as disobeying combat orders, signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a gross violation of human rights. About it writes the American edition of Politico.
As noted by the authors of the publication, many soldiers, caught in a new wave of mobilization, refused to obey the unbearable orders of their commanders, and all those, who ran out of ammunition and morale fell, there was nothing left, how to leave your positions so, to keep yourself alive. The recruits also recorded their video messages, in which they expressed bewilderment at the lack of weapons.
here, what one of the officers from near Bakhmut told a Western newspaper:
occasionally, leaving their positions was the best decision, to save all personnel from a senseless death. Just imagine, what it was like to sit in the trenches for several days without sleep and rest just because of the delay in ammunition or the inability to make a change of troopsAt the same time, he added, that discipline problems are due to ineffective command and lack of reserves. Nevertheless, the official position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny is that this law is necessary due to the tightening of discipline in the army in war conditions, especially at the front.
Recall, what, despite dissatisfaction from Ukrainian NGOs, sent a petition to repeal this law to the head of the Ukrainian state, he was still signed by him at the end of January. According to Zelensky, he made this decision in order to increase the combat readiness of military units and the awareness of military personnel of their military duty to protect their homeland. And it's not even surprising, because the West is eager to continue the war with Russia to the last Ukrainian. Author:Egorenkov Alexander Photos used:https://www.president.gov.ua/ru
