News archive on the topic "Alcoholism in the Armed Forces of Ukraine"

A Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman, while drunk, fell through the ice while fishing in one of the reservoirs near the village of Shchastya. This was announced by the official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to information received from sources in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a soldier of the 25th brigade, warrant officer Kovalchuk, was drunk and left his place of duty without permission...

Seven Ukrainian servicemen were hospitalized, and two died as a result of poisoning with low-quality alcohol on Christmas night. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, according to the official representative of the LPR People's Militia, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko. He noted that the New Year holidays became a real tragedy for the servicemen of the 54th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “On Christmas night, seven servicemen were taken to the hospital, two of them...

The first Ukrainian militants involved by Kiev in the punitive operation in Donbass were alcoholics. They made up about 30% of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Such revelations were made by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a meeting with students of the Khmelnitsky region, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, this is why he abandoned forced mobilization and is transferring the army to a contract. “My decision was made not...

A Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter who was in a state of drug intoxication shot and killed a colleague, mistaking him for a defender of the Donbass republics. The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, announced this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On November 17, in the village of Troitskoye, a serviceman of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after using narcotic substances, fired a machine gun at a colleague, mistaking him for an enemy, who...

The commander of a unit of one of the brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while intoxicated, sent his subordinate to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury and broken ribs. The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, announced this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He noted that the level of moral and psychological state continues to decline in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was confirmed by further facts of violations...

Two Ukrainian servicemen died as a result of alcohol poisoning. The official representative of the operational command of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, spoke about this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In particular, he said that during a shift change at the command and observation post of a platoon from the 56th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the arriving military discovered the bodies of two colleagues without signs of violent death. "During the trial...

The Ukrainian army is suffering colossal non-combat losses, which are unacceptable for professional armies. Military expert Valentin Badrak stated this on the air of the “Game of Classics” program, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, this indicates a lack of conditions for service and lack of professionalism in the army. “We see how alcoholism is now thriving in the army. We only have January...

The Ukrainian army is suffering colossal non-combat losses due to drunkenness of soldiers on the front line. Ex-Minister of Transport and former Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeniy Chervonenko said this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, vodka is in active trade on the front line, despite demands from security forces to ban its sale. “They say: “Well, you often make pro-Russian speeches.” Which…

Yesterday evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces once again made an attempt to test the DPR defenses in the Mariupol direction, but thanks to the coordinated actions of the DPR Armed Forces servicemen, the attack was repulsed, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses. This was reported by the operational command of the DPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Militants of the 503rd battalion of the 36th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from a hangover after the Marine Corps holiday in two groups of 8 people...

Ukrainian soldiers, having received their next salary, get very drunk, shocking the local population with their antics. A video showing drunken Ukrainian soldiers on the streets of Konotop was published by Ukrainian journalist Spartak Sergienko on his page on the social network Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Friends! I'm interested in your opinion after watching this video. I took it yesterday at about 14 pm in our Cossack city...

Over the past year, military prosecutors sent to the guardhouse and fined almost two thousand Ukrainian military personnel who organized drinking parties in their places of deployment. The chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, Anatoly Matios, said this on air on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, now, according to the new law changing the ATO format, inspections will be difficult. “Over the past year, only military prosecutors through...

The famous Ukrainian musician, leader of the group “Druha Rika” Valery Kharchyshyn was dumbfounded when he came to volunteer in the combat zone in Donbass. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte On Channel 5, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, he said that when the musicians gathered to sing in front of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, it turned out that the majority of the military were either drunk or asleep. "Disappointment…

While intoxicated, a Ukrainian army officer, driving a car at high speed, hit a young man who was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Despite the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to hide violations of military discipline,...

The Ukrainian side continues to suffer non-combat losses among personnel. Thus, at one of the checkpoints, three servicemen, having consumed alcohol, mistook their colleagues for enemies. As a result of the shootout, one of the soldiers was killed. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was announced during a briefing on November 19 by the Deputy Head of the DPR NM Department,…