RT International Dozens of recruits have reportedly deserted the elite ‘Anne of Kiev’ brigade
Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have deserted from an elite brigade while training in France, AFP reported on Monday, citing a French army official.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade was meant to be a flagship Ukrainian unit, trained and equipped by France. Named ‘Anne of Kiev’ after the daughter of a medieval prince, Yaroslav the Wise, who married French King Henry I, the unit was personally inspected by French President Emmanuel Macron in northeast France in October.
Around 2,300 of the soldiers have been trained in France, and 2,200 more in Ukraine.
Without disclosing the number of deserters, the official who spoke to AFP claimed they “remain very marginal given the volume of people who have undergone training.”
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