In the 59th Brigade of the Armed Forces, the Shevchuk Combrigen was replaced: his place was taken by Alexander Sak-the media

The reasons for the replacement are unknown, the interlocutors of the publication indicate a complication of the situation in the Pokrovsky area, where the 59th brigade holds the defense. The combrig was replaced on May 15 or 16.

Sources in the defense forces state that the decision to remove Shevchuk was made not by the commander of the unmanned forces of Vadim Sukharevsky, who was under the control of the 59th brigade since the beginning of 2025, and personally the head of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky. According to the interlocutors, Sukharevsky had a strained relationship with Shevchuk. The Hromadske sources in the brigade also confirmed Saka's appointment instead of Shevchuk.

Oleksandr Sak has previously managed the 53rd mechanized brigade, now she is involved in the battles in the Kreminna forests. Before that, he was a combrig in the 47th and in the 93rd brigades. The "UP" interlocutors in the defense forces speak of his good reputation. He has a task for a very short time to understand the state of affairs in the 59th Brigade and to manage its actions in a new direction, where the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are active.

Bohdan Shevchuk, as Hromadske points out, was often criticized for poor management, doubtful orders and neglect of the lives of the military. Paramedic Kateryna (bird) Polishchuk, who defended Azovstal, called on the Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Zelensky to check the actions of the commander of the 59th Brigade. Shevchuk was accused of "blind careerism, eliminating disagreements and humiliation of personnel.

" Syrsky instructed the Head of the Military Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to check the state of affairs in the 59th Brigade. We will remind, the commander of the battalion of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces "Magura" Oleksandr Shirshin recently wrote a report on the release through "detachable orders" of the Higher Command of the Armed Forces.