They detained the commander of one of the companies of the 155th OMBR, who not only went to the NWZ himself, but also incited his soldiers to do so.
The State Investigation Agency reported this on January 8.
Investigators found that the senior lieutenant at the end of last year did not comply with the order to transfer the company he headed to the operational subordination of another unit.
The company commander was detained today in the Rivne region. He was taken to Kyiv, where he was informed of suspicion of leaving his place of duty without permission and refusing to carry out an order (Part 4 of Article 402, Part 5 of Article 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The court chose a preventive measure for the suspect in the form of detention with the alternative of posting bail.
On January 8, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mikhail Drapaty, explained the cases of desertion in the 155th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which occurred both during training in France and in Ukraine. He called them “systemic shortcomings.”
In his opinion, when forming a new brigade, “there was a formal attitude” on the part of those in charge.
Inadequate management and control over the entire process, errors in recruitment, not always informed decisions on managing the brigade’s personnel, imperfect training planning both in Ukraine and abroad, the reaction of the high command to problems arising in the process of creating… a new combat unit of the Ground Forces, — Drapaty wrote on Facebook.
Drapaty met with the brigade command and French journalists who are now working in the unit.
I believe that it was too early to go public until all the circumstances were established, but today I can already inform the public about the measures being taken by the CSO to stabilize the situation in the 155th brigade,” wrote Drapaty, recalling that all the events that were described Media and military, occurred even before his appointment.
He noted that “Anna of Kiev” is Ukraine’s first experience when a new brigade was formed and armed together with another country. Moreover, this entire process took place in a short time – several months.
No one had such experience before, so it was impossible to foresee all the nuances and details of this process, the military leader said, noting that this project was a challenge, but not all services of the Ground Forces worked perfectly. But the French side fully fulfilled its obligations.
Drapatiy added that all the systemic shortcomings committed by the Ukrainian side have already been analyzed and assessed in relation to some of them, the focus is on staffing the brigade with experienced officers and commanders of all levels, which he noted. all candidates, adding that those interested can apply for an email address [email protected].
The Ministry of Defense is also currently working on providing the brigade with support. In addition, psychologists already work in each of its divisions. This gave the first results in the form of the return of military personnel who had left their unit without permission.
Source: Racurs
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