{"id":162448,"date":"2025-10-31T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162448\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"three-belarusians-among-1292-deserters-listed-by-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162448\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Belarusians among 1,292 deserters listed by Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Three Belarusians are among the 1,292 Russian soldiers who deserted in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian project Khochu Zhit\u2019 (\u201cI Want to Live\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deserters served in the 144th Detached Motorized Rifle Brigade, which was formed in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusians identified are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Private Siarhiej U\u015bcina\u016d, born in 1977 in Bycha\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private Vital \u0160e\u016d\u010dyk, born in 1989 in the village of Haranavi\u010dy, Brest region;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private Vital Jusin, born in 1970 in Brest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All three reportedly signed contracts with the Russian military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the project, 70 percent of the deserters are privates, and more than half are between the ages of 30 and 44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Russians and Belarusians, the list includes citizens of Uzbekistan, Iran, Cuba, and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, on October 13, Khochu Zhit\u2019 reported that at least 314 Belarusians had been killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"Kyiv: Russia recruited almost 600 Belarusians to fight against Ukraine in H1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kyiv: Russia recruited almost 600 Belarusians to fight against Ukraine in H1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 31, Pozirk. Three Belarusians are among the 1,292 Russian soldiers who deserted in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian project Khochu Zhit\u2019 (\u201cI Want to Live\u201d). The deserters served in the 144th Detached Motorized Rifle Brigade, which was formed in 2023. The Belarusians identified are: All three reportedly signed contracts with the Russian military. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-162448","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three Belarusians among 1,292 deserters listed by Ukraine | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 31, Pozirk. 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