The Ukrainian Air Pressure will switch navy personnel "en masse" to strengthen the Floor Forces' fight brigades in early 2025, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Jan. 14, citing an undisclosed Air Pressure supply.
Dealing with an infantry scarcity alongside the entrance traces, Ukraine has been pressured to make troublesome changes as Russia ramps up its offensive in Donetsk Oblast.
Based on Ukrainska Pravda, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi issued an order on Jan. 11 to switch over 5,000 Air Pressure personnel to Floor Forces items. A senior Air Pressure officer, talking anonymously, mentioned transfers started in spring 2024 and have now reached a "vital stage," with unit staffing dropping to 50%.
"If we supply out the order of the eleventh, which was despatched to us by the commander-in-chief, the manning of items will drop to 40%" the officer instructed Ukrainska Pravda. They added that even transferring "unimportant personnel" weakens unit effectiveness, notably for anti-aircraft missile programs, which depend on cohesive groups.
Over 200 personnel are reportedly set to be taken from seven Air Pressure brigades, together with items defending Kyiv, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing an undisclosed supply.
The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t independently confirm these claims.
In a Jan. 14 assertion, the Basic Employees of Ukraine's Armed Forces denied transferring Air Pressure engineering and aviation personnel to infantry items, emphasizing that technical and flight personnel numbers are growing.
Nevertheless, some Air Pressure and different department personnel, after coaching, are being reassigned to strengthen floor brigades resulting from a vital infantry scarcity. The Basic Employees famous this as a mandatory measure to bolster frontline protection however confirmed that specialists in high-tech roles or these skilled overseas on international tools are exempt from transfers.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
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