Crimeans breaking military equipment not to go to war against Ukraine

That’s according to the President’s Representation for Crimea, Ukrinform reports.

"According to information from open sources, illegally mobilized residents of occupied Crimea are breaking military equipment in order not to go to war against Ukraine," the report reads.

Commenting on the public mood on the peninsula, the Representation said that the families of illegally drafted men are appealing en masse to the Russian Ministry of Defense over rights violations. As noted, this is about commanders refusing to ensure timely rotations and vacations, while short-term leaves are offered for a $1,000 bribe.

"Russia’s soldiers are beginning to speak out: a small interview appeared in open sources in which the contractor with the invasion force complained that almost a year into the ‘special military operation’ no one from his company was given leave because ‘they either do not live to see it or are in the hospital,’” added in the Representation.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the occupiers started in Simferopol a massive campaign to collect blood due to significant war casualties.