"Without resources, the course of war will not change": what is known about the new leaders of the Army of Ukraine
The first will be responsible for unmanned systems, the second - for the technological component of the army and combat systems. The General Staff of the Armed Forces was headed by Major General Anatoliy Bargilevich. His deputies were the brigade generals Volodymyr Gorbatiuk - he will be responsible for planning, Alexei Shevchenko - responsible for logistics, and Michael Drapaty - will be responsible for the training of personnel. Alexander Pavlyuk became the chairman of the Land Forces.
The Joint Forces commander - Yuri Sodol. Airborne assault troops were headed by Igor Skibiuk, and the forces of TRO-Igor Plachuta. Military experts say that in the updated army leadership there are professionals with combat experience behind their shoulders. "They all fought, know their business. Therefore, people who came - there is no doubt about their professionalism.
I would like to see a program article from the head, in which he will explain his vision of hostilities," says focus a military expert Pavel Narozhiv. It is known that the deputy head of Colonel Vadim Sukharevsky since March 2022 commanded the 59th separate mechanized brigade. His name is widely known in military circles. He participated in battles near Slavic in the spring and summer of 2014.
By his order in April 2014 in the vicinity of Slavyansk, a fire was opened near the village of Semenivka, which became the first machine-gun in the Armed Forces in the Russian-Ukrainian War. Then Sukharevsky was 29 years old. He was awarded the Hero of Ukraine in 2022 for his outstanding successes.
Colonel Anatoliy Bargilevich, who headed the General Staff instead of Lieutenant General Sergiy Shaptala-at the beginning of a full-scale war commanded forces of territorial defense in the Gostomel direction. After that he was the chief of staff of the operative-strategic group "Khortytsia". Successful military operations include an offensive in the Kharkiv direction in 2023.
It was awarded a number of high military awards - the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II and III degree, the Order of Danylo Halytsky. Deputy Bargilevich Brigadnya Michael Drapaty was one of the leaders of the counter -offensive in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions after the start of a full -scale invasion. In 2014, he commanded the 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade. He managed the surgery to release the hostages in the captured city police of Mariupol.
Drapatius also commanded the 58th separate infantry brigade (Konotop), which performed tasks in Avdiivka and Yasynuvatsky district of Donetsk region in 2016, and in 2017-in the Bakhmut highway area. In the new position, the brigade general will be responsible for training personnel. The landing brigade of Yuri Sodol, who headed the united forces of the Armed Forces, has been in hot spots since 2014, participating in the battles over Rubizhne, Yampil, defense of the Donetsk airport.
At the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Sodol received the Hero of Ukraine for battles in Volnovas of Donetsk region. It is knocked out of the general list except the name of Igor Plahuta, whom the President has appointed to the post of commander of territorial defense forces. According to the media, in December 2013 he commanded the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the cleaning of the government quarter from the supporters of the Maidan.
In response to the publication of journalists, the Plachuta himself painted in detail what he did during a full -scale invasion. According to him, from the first days of the Great War he was on the front line, for almost a year he was the acting deputy commander of the operational-strategic group "Khortytsa", personally managed Kupyansk training and defense. "To change the course of the war, the constant support of the Allies - first of all, the United States," the Narozhnyi continues.
According to the expert, without ammunition, shells and enough people, it is impossible to succeed at the front even with the most brilliant and most prominent commanders at the helm. "We will be able to restrain the offensive. But without ammunition for air defense systems, it is only a matter of time when they are over, because Europe gives us not the amount that is needed - it will become very difficult. We need to solve two main issues related to mobilization.
Because without people it is impossible to fight too. The first is a political issue. Increasing mobilization is an unpleasant decision for society, but it needs to be resolved. The second is an economic question.
Will we be able to provide everything you need for a large army? " - thinks of the people's military expert Igor Kozii agrees that in the current situation, the reversal of personnel in leadership positions in the army is not of key importance, since the names in themselves do not decide anything. Like the availability of combat experience. "It is important not to keep the weapon for the highest officers' warehouse, but to plan the actions correct They will be removed, " - says focus Koziy.
The reserve major and a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war Alexei Hetman said Focus that in military circles are skeptical about replacing the head in the midst of military action. Although personally-General of Alexander Sirsky, in terms of his professionalism, there are no claims from the point of view of his professionalism, the tasks set before him are unlikely to be fulfilled.
"If partners give us weapons, shells, we will be able to carry out additional mobilization, then we can plan offensive actions to stop stagnation. But let's be realists. If this is not the case, how does the head complete the task? If he is able to plan offensive On the forces and means that we now have - it will be on the verge of a biblical miracle, " - said the hetman.