russia's citizens refuse to undergo military service in the army of the occupying country. Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, said this in an interview with the 'Crimea.Realities' of Radio Svoboda project.

“If in the first months the BARS – “combat army reserve of the country”, as they call it, was quite actively engaged and we know how the formation of these battalions went and goes – now there are already signs that russian citizens are refusing to sign contracts. Those who are in BARS refuse to sign service contracts because they understand that they will immediately be sent to our territory to conduct hostilities,” Vadym Skibitskyi explained.

When asked where in russia the most people refuse to sign contracts, the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine noted that it primarily depends on which units have the greatest losses.