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Until a few months ago nobody really knew how common stories like Taras’ were among servicemen in #Ukraine.

On March 29th a petition authored by a soldier, Pavlo Petrychenko, called for the president to deal with the proliferation of gambling in the military.

Some servicemen had been found to gamble away all their money; others turned to pawning military gear...

The gambling sites also pose a national security threat: many are Russian owned, and could exploit the data of Ukrainian servicemen.