M UCH ATTENTION in recent months has focused on Russia’s faltering military offensive and staggering casualties in Ukraine. But there are other problems, largely unnoticed outside Russia, lurking for the country’s armed forces and society more broadly. Russia’s wartime military-personnel policies, instituted last September, temporarily prohibit active-duty and mobilised soldiers from leaving service. Russia faces a crisis in military retention and a larger social crisis of veteran mental-health disorders when these restrictions are lifted. Just as the terms “Afghan Syndrome” and “Chechen Syndrome” emerged to describe the plight of Russian veterans who lacked support and struggled to adapt to civilian life after those conflicts, it is only a matter of time before “Ukraine Syndrome” grips Russia, as thousands of veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) or other conditions return home.
近几个月来，人们的关注集中在俄罗斯在乌克兰步履蹒跚的军事进攻和惊人的伤亡中。但是，还有其他问题，在俄罗斯以外的地方基本上没有被忽视，更广泛地潜伏着该国的武装部队和社会。去年9月制定的俄罗斯战时军事人工政策暂时禁止现役和动员士兵离开服务。俄罗斯在解除这些限制时面临着军事保留危机和退伍军人心理健康疾病的更大社会危机。正如“阿富汗综合症”和“车臣综合症”术语出现的那样，描述了缺乏支持并在这些冲突后努力适应平民生活的俄罗斯退伍军人的困境一样，这只是“乌克兰综合症”俄罗斯的一个时间问题，俄罗斯抓住了数千名退伍军人，因为有成千上万的退伍军人患有后的压力障碍（PTS）或其他情况（其他情况）。
