Oleksandr left his unit without permission after six months of hard fighting, but later returned to the army
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Ukrainian soldiers of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion Da Vinci take part in a training exercise in the Dnipropetrovsk region
'You go crazy step by step,' said Buch, 29, of his decision to abscond
Members of the 'Da Vinci' Assault Battalion. Ukraine now offers amnesty for first-time deserters if they return to their units
Oleksandr deserted from the front line in eastern Ukraine after watching his fellow servicemen being pulverised by Russian bombardments for si…