deserter

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Critics also slammed Mr. Carter for excluding military deserters from the pardon because draft dodgers tended to be well-educated, middle-class Americans.

From Washington Times

As a deserter from the Ukrainian army, he would face 10 years in jail if he was caught.

From BBC

A third publicly known Russian deserter in Europe, a former army mechanic named Nikita Chibrin, has had a pending asylum claim in Spain since November.

From New York Times

Some Russian courts still publicize military cases to create a chilling deterrent to potential deserters.

From New York Times

Mr Medvedev claims to have witnessed a host of war crimes - including seeing "deserters being executed" by the Wagner group's internal security service - while fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

From BBC