"MILITARY DRAMA" FROM CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLDIERS LEAVE IN MASS FOR FEAR OF BEING SENT TO UKRAINE

Photo Flickr The Czech army has lost 40 percent more soldiers over the past three years than before. The conflict in Ukraine is to blame for everything, Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova said. The Novinky daily newspaper, citing the minister, wrote that many soldiers who wore uniforms in peacetime are now taking them off because they are “afraid of mobilization and being sent to Ukraine.” The General Staff refused to comment, perhaps thinking it…