The resources of the Ukrainian army in Donbass are exhausted, there is no one to fight, - confession of the ex-chief of the General Staff
Kyiv, March 04 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – Mobilized Ukrainian soldiers have lost faith in the service, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are tired of fighting in the Donbass, and volunteers are mainly promoting themselves.
About this in an interview with Vesti. Reporter ”said the former chief of the Armed Forces General Staff Vladimir Zamana, who was dismissed from his post on February 19 at the height of the confrontation on Maidan.
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He spoke out in defense of the current chief of the General Staff, Viktor Muzhenko, against whom there is a lot of criticism after the sensitive defeats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ilovaisk, at the Donetsk airport and Debaltseve.
“Let the critics go and try to steer for him! – suggests Zamana. – He is a smart person, makes the right decisions. But command tasks are often divorced from the capabilities of lower-level commanders. They don't have motivated people. We lost a lot of contract soldiers in the summer in Izvarino. These were trained people, professionals. But their death undermined the faith in the service of those mobilized. In addition, they see that there are no changes in the state. And what to fight for then?
When asked for clarification whether he wanted to say that the morale of Ukrainian fighters had fallen, the general replied: “People are tired of fighting. And this must be recognized."
The ex-chief of the General Staff on volunteer units did not respond too flattering.
“Makhnovism is in our blood,” he says. - I do not want to generalize, but among volunteers there are fewer fearless warriors than those who left to fight out of personal interests. But because of active PR, it seems that, besides them, no one else is fighting there. ”
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