1.   Commanders have in some cases refused to lead, and some soldiers have deserted their units and surrendered rather than fight.

2.   Police arrested a soldier late Monday after he allegedly deserted his unit and killed a fellow serviceman.

3.   Police arrested three army sergeants who deserted their unit in the Ural Mountains and are suspected of killing a local motorist during their escape, news reports said Tuesday.

4.   A Russian soldier deserted his unit in this Far Eastern city Tuesday, using his service rifle to kill two men before being apprehended, a news agency reported.

5.   A second servicemen, armed with an assault rifle and ammunition, was detained in the Volgograd region after deserting his unit.

6.   A soldier armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle deserted his unit in the Russian Far East on Thursday, prompting a region-wide manhunt, police said.

7.   A spokesman for the Georgian contingent of the joint peacekeeping force earlier said that the peacekeepers had deserted their unit.

8.   An Armenian soldier shot himself to death before dawn on Thursday, hours after killing six fellow servicemen and deserting his unit, officials said.

9.   An Armenian soldier killed six fellow servicemen early Wednesday and deserted his unit, prompting a large-scale manhunt, the Defense Ministry said.

10.   Dozens of Yugoslav army soldiers reportedly deserted their units in Kosovo during the NATO air raids against the country.