Having said they had come forward to defend their country "with no cowardice when it was necessary," the men said they now wanted to go home as their one year contracts have come to an end. "We've given all we could, we stayed alive and now our wives and children are waiting for us at home," one of the men speaking for the brigade said in a video message.

The servicemen said that their command was not acting true to their responsibilities, so they too "have had enough." There has been no rotation for a year, they said, adding that they've only been home for 20 days in the entire year.

We are not cowards or deserters, but now we don't care about our command the way they don't care about us. From now on their orders will be ignored," the video message said. The servicemen added they looked "like homeless people," as all the clothes they have were given to them by volunteers.