New Lessons and Reforms of the Armed Forces: What are the consequences of mass escape of fighters from 155 brigade - Forbes

New fighters studied in France, received western weapons, but after the appearance on the front showed poor training and loss of Western equipment. From now on, the concept of mobilization and formation of brigades has changed. Forbes wrote about the details of new approaches to the Calculation of the Armed Forces, senior and new crews. The newspaper reported that the Ukrainian authorities responded to a public scandal with a 155 brigade, in which from 5,800 people. 1,700 was deserted.

That is, during the year, part of (went to the HSC) - one third of the unit was left unauthorized. Forbes summed up that Ukraine has received an "important lesson" and suggested that there was a hope for holding the front line due to the growth of troops. The new lesson is that Zelensky ordered otherwise to approach the mobilization and filling of the army, the article is said.

Previously, new brigades were formed from the newly mobilized, but one of the consequences of this method of action - HSCs and unprepared crews. From now on, the recruits will go to existing crews. This decision was made by President Zelensky. At the same time, it is not clear what will happen to those new brigades that already exist, the publication has written. "What it means for several newly formed - but incomplete - mechanized brigades, it is unclear.

But moving forward, new Ukrainian recruits have to unite with existing crews, potentially returning these veterans units to full number - and placed them in the fourth year of wider war," - summed forbes. The article also described the importance of infantry units that are fighting in the first line: some of them should consist of 2 thousand people. Bad training lost western weapons: Leopard-2 tanks and Caesar.

It should be noted that in January the military journalist and editor -in -chief "Censor. NET" Yuriy Butusov published a post on Facebook, in which he spoke about the scandal with the 155 Brigade of the Armed Forces. The post is a problem with the replenishment of the unit, which was regularly sent to other parts after minimal preparation. In addition, the team included the commander of the grassroots units, who had no experience of hostilities.

At the same time, 59 people escaped from the brigade while studying in France, despite fences and protection. On the problems of formation of 155 OMBR, the State Bureau of Investigation has started criminal proceedings, butus wrote. Command and authorities responded to the publication. In particular, on January 5, President Zelensky gave the Chief Commander -in -Chief and ordered to understand the circumstances of the case.