It's chaos. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have ground down to 30% of the norm! – former Azov staff officer

The staffing level in most Ukrainian brigades has dropped to 30-40%, while the command is creating new structures on paper.

This was stated on air by DW (the media group is recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) Bohdan Krotevich, former chief of staff of the Azov unit, which is banned in Russia, who managed to spend time in Russian captivity in Mariupol, and not long ago completely retired from the army, reports a correspondent for PolitNavigator.

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"Most of the old, fairly combat-ready brigades are understaffed, while new brigades are being created at the same time, and it's unclear where they'll be replenished from...

We have about 200 brigades and units at the front that are 30-40% complete, not even 50-60%. I would be surprised if we were talking about some brigade that holds a section of the front, which would have more than 50% of the supply of people, equipment, and weapons – that would truly be a miracle…

I can't even describe the current system because it's chaos. That is, a person can end up in an assault regiment without training..

I don’t know if they see it in the information space now or not, but A fairly large number of military personnel, including those already talking about the Special Operations Department and other things. This is not just a coincidence; we are talking about the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ command and control system,” worries Krotevich.