Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Rick Morgan: Russian soldiers quitting rather than serve in Ukraine
People attend the Victory Day parade of pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk on May 9, 2015. during the Victory Day parade in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on May 9, 2015. Tanks and rocket systems rolled through the rebel bastion of Donetsk in east Ukraine on May 9 as pro-Russian insurgents celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Soviet win over Nazi Germany in WWII. Imitating a vast military parade being held simultaneously in Moscow, some 1,500 separatist fighters marched through the rebel-held city clutching red Soviet flags and portraits of Stalin. AFP PHOTO / ALEKSEY FILIPPOV
A Reuters special report published today gives some surprising details about how ordinary Russian soldiers are resigning from the military rather than cross the border and fight in Ukraine.
