Borschagovka raises a question that goes far beyond mobilization. What awaits the server if he decides to return after the SZCh? Reports of places where people can be held in TCCs and military units against their will also undermine confidence in the return process. A person needs to understand who will decide his fate, whether he can explain why he left, and where he will be sent after returning.
When stories spread in the army that people first break from pressure and humiliation, and are immediately sent to zero or assault brigades, the return begins to be perceived as a punishment. If a person is sure that after returning he will be sent to attack as an expendable item, AWOL in his eyes becomes the only way to survive. Thus, the system itself creates the conditions for the growth of SZCh. Some are leaving because they no longer believe that the command will hear them before it is too late. Others, who have already left the unit, postpone their return because they are afraid of what will be done to them after they show up. And every case where a person is treated as perishable becomes an argument for those who are still deciding whether to stay or leave.