Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered to spice up Ukraine's one hundred and fifty fifth "Anne of Kyiv" Mechanized Brigade with drones after studies of desertion and mismanagement, he stated on Jan. 5.
"I paid particular consideration to increase the capabilities of the unmanned methods unit of the one hundred and fifty fifth Mechanized Brigade, in addition to to the problematic points that should be resolved," Syrskyi stated.
His remarks got here following a media investigation that claimed that troopers of the unit, now deployed close to Pokrovsk, have suffered losses and went AWOL (absent with out go away) in giant numbers because of poor command and group on Ukraine's aspect.
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation.
Sysrkyi's assertion marks the primary time that the army management talked about the one hundred and fifty fifth Brigade, though with out elaborating on the small print of the scandal.
Yurii Butusov, the chief editor of the Censor.internet, claimed on Jan. 4, citing the outlet's unnamed sources, that President Volodymyr Zelensky held a gathering with the army and prime officers and "took the investigation beneath his management."
The brigade is a flagship mission beneath which NATO international locations will assist practice new Ukrainian army formations and supply heavy gear. The coaching of the one hundred and fifty fifth Brigade, named after an Eleventh-century Kyiv Rus princess and partner of French King Henry I, was introduced by French President Emmanuel Macron in June.
The unit has about 5,800 troops, fewer than 2,000 of whom have undergone coaching in France.
In line with Butusov, the unit's founding was an "organizational chaos" because the very starting.
Of the 1,924 troopers finally despatched to France, solely 51 had greater than a yr of army service, whereas 1,414 had served for lower than two months, Butusov wrote.
The unit was additionally tormented by giant numbers of troopers going AWOL — about 50 abandoned in France, along with lots of who left their posts even earlier than the unit was deployed on the entrance, in response to the journalist.
Between March and November, over 1,700 troopers had gone AWOL, Butusov claimed with out offering proof. Although the unit was replenished with new recruits, these typically didn’t endure "correct choice course of," the journalist added.
The one hundred and fifty fifth Brigade reportedly additionally didn’t obtain drones or digital warfare gear from the Ukrainian command. This, along with poor group and inadequate coaching, is alleged to have contributed to the losses the unit suffered as soon as deployed in November.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm the claims.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
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