Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Panic attacks have haunted Ukrainian serviceman Yaroslav since he returned home in the summer, leaving him gasping at night.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 250,000 criminal cases have been opened into soldiers' absence without leave (AWOL) and desertion since the beginning of ...

(CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister ...

MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Nearly 400,000 AWOL (absent without leave) and desertion cases have been reported in the Ukrainian army, a Ukrainian lawmaker said. "We see failures on the frontline. We see ...

Frustration with his commanders drove the 33-year-old to go absent without leave (AWOL), joining a growing number of Ukrainian soldiers who have left their units without permission. For Yaroslav, then ...