Mass Desertions, 2 Million Draft Dodgers... New Ukrainian Defense Minister Opens up About Kiev Military’s Dire Straits | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran
Overwhelmed Ukrainian forces completely lack morale.
Fedorov knows how big the problem is.
While Euro-Globalists still sell the world the idea that Ukraine can win the war, Kiev regime insiders know just how desperate things have become.
Besides a lack of money, ammunition, and military hardware, the most acute problem they face is the lack of troops.
Wide-scale desertions, 2 million draft dodgers…
The challenges facing Ukraine’s military seem insurmountable as Russia advances at the fastest rate since 2022.
A meeting with Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov. I am grateful to the members of parliament for supporting Mykhailo. We immediately identified the first priorities for the Ministry of Defense.
The main one is air defense. There are concrete decisions that must be… pic.twitter.com/6PWmxtNczM
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 14, 2026
As leader, Volodymyr Zelensky implements yet another shakedown in his government, the new defense minister addressed these issues yesterday (14) for the first time.
Associated Press reported:
“Mykhailo Fedorov told Ukraine’s parliament that other problems facing Ukraine’s armed forces include excessive bureaucracy, a Soviet-style approach to management, and disruptions in the supply of equipment to troops along the about 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
‘We cannot fight a war with new technologies but an old organizational structure’, Fedorov said.”
2 million Ukrainian men are draft dodgers, 200,000 Ukrainians are officially AWOL — new Defense Minister Fedorov
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is operating at a staggering deficit of nearly $7 billion, he adds pic.twitter.com/lBaBdV4rbi
— RT (@RT_com) January 14, 2026
“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed 34-year-old Fedorov at the start of the year. The former head of Ukraine’s digital transformation policies is credited with spearheading the army’s drone technology and introducing several successful e-government platforms.
His appointment was part of a broad government reshuffle that the Ukrainian leader said aimed to sharpen the focus on security, defense development and diplomacy amid a new U.S.-led push to find a peace settlement.”
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