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Who in the Ukrainian military intelligence service will be the first to suggest compiling statistics on the reasons why Russian soldiers are deserting in order to determine whether rumors about the risk of dying from radiation exposure are spreading?
More and more are fleeing from the Russian army. Desertion in the Russian army has doubled in 2025, according to the Ukrainian OSINT project Frontelligence Insight. The analysis is based both on personal files from “I Want to Live” – a Ukrainian center where Russian soldiers can go to surrender – and on internal documents from several Russian units.Analysts believe that around 70,000 Russian soldiers are expected to leave their units this year, which corresponds to one-tenth of the Russian forces in Ukraine. Previously, the independent Russian site “Important Stories” estimated that at least 49,000 soldiers deserted between 2022 and the end of 2024, based on two major data leaks. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant disconnected after Russian attacks. See the report on TV4 News.
“Threats of radiation accidents are increasing” After Wednesday's Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Slavutych and their power station, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj claims that Russia is deliberately trying to increase the risk of radiation accidents. He writes on Telegram that the power station that was hit caused a power outage in the facilities at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant for more than three hours.This facility is currently used to protect the area from radioactive waste following the 1986 explosion.“And it was a targeted attack, where they used more than 20 drones,” Zelenskyj writes.Meanwhile, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on its eighth day without electricity following Russian attacks. See the article on SVT Nyheter.