Ukraine's Basic Workers initiated an inner investigation on Might 18 following the resignation of Oleksandr Shyrshyn, commander of the forty seventh Separate Mechanized Brigade, who criticized navy management for what he described as mindless orders and pointless casualties.
"By order of the chief of the Basic Workers, a working group has been arrange for a complete research of the circumstances outlined (by Shyrshyn)," the Basic Workers wrote in a press release.
It pledged to research orders issued at a number of ranges of the command hierarchy for his or her relevance to the battlefield scenario and make "applicable choices" following the inspection.
Shyrshyn's resignation, posted to Fb on Might 16, was unusually direct.
"I’ve by no means obtained extra silly aims than within the present path," he wrote. "The silly lack of folks, trembling in entrance of silly generals, results in nothing however failures."
Shyrshyn added, "I hope your kids may even serve within the infantry and perform your orders."
He additional accused prime brass of specializing in punishments over outcomes. "All they’re able to is reprimands, investigations, imposition of penalties. Everybody goes to hell," he wrote.
The forty seventh Brigade, referred to as "Magura," was fashioned in 2022 and have become certainly one of Ukraine's most distinguished Western-trained models forward of the summer time 2023 counteroffensive. Its troopers had been skilled in NATO nations and geared up with fashionable U.S.- and European-made gear.
In 2024, the brigade participated in Ukraine's cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast — the primary Ukrainian floor operation into Russian territory since World Conflict II.
The operation sought to delay a deliberate Russian push into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast and redirect Russian forcesaway from japanese Donetsk Oblast.
After preliminary positive factors in August 2024, Russian forces launched a serious counteroffensive in March 2025, retaking a lot of the territory, together with the city of Sudzha. Ukrainian forces withdrew from a lot of the space, although they nonetheless maintain restricted positions as of late April.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy
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