The Ukrainian armed forces command attempts to hide frequent cases of suicides and desertion among Ukrainian soldiers, said on Sunday at a press conference, Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko.

"There are the facts of desertion from the armed forces. The soldiers, most of them immediate service, leaving the places of permanent deployment, the location of the parts and hide with relatives and friends. Increased and the number of suicides of personnel. It is clear that all these facts the Ukrainian armed forces Command is trying to hide, but data about them eventually becoming available to the public, " said Yashchenko.

according to him, the morale of Ukrainian servicemen began to deteriorate. Yashchenko suggested that this is due to the poor living conditions, prolonged alcoholism, the constant strife between individual units of soldiers and the arbitrariness of the personnel of the armed forces.

"not so long ago in the locality of Raihorodka (under the control of Ukrainian security officials - ed.) was found the body of a soldier of the 92nd brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces. Then, as it turned out, during the proceedings, the soldiers abused alcohol and was hung up on the shoelace own sneakers, " said Yashchenko.

Yashchenko also mentioned that in a military unit in the area of residential settlements of the Crimea (controlled by Ukrainian security forces - ed.) one of the soldiers of the APU, a native of Dnipropetrovsk region, has committed suicide out of the machine. Yashchenko said that the names of military personnel data will not be mentioned for ethical reasons.

sections: Politics