News archive on the topic "Viktor Muzhenko"

The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, said that hackers hacked his Facebook page and posted information of “provocative content” there, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He himself announced this on a social network. “Once again, my page was hacked and the publication of provocative political content was distributed. I remind everyone that the military does not interfere in political processes in the country,”...

Ukrainian judges and army leadership added themselves to the lists of “those in need” and privatized the official housing issued to them for temporary use. This is stated in the investigation of the “Our Money” program, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, the program’s journalists report that over the past four years there have been about 2,5 thousand service apartments in Kyiv, a significant part of which as of today...

To ensure the “correct” voting result, military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be left in the “Joint Forces Operation” zone without rotation until the end of the presidential elections in Ukraine. Official representative of the operational command of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov spoke about this today during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In particular, he said that the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko and the commander of the Joint Forces Operation Sergei Naev decided not to carry out rotation...

Russia has been strengthening its forces along the border with Ukraine since late August, and now the military threat from its side is the greatest since 2014. This was stated by the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko in an interview with Reuters, a PolitoNavigator correspondent reports. The general showed a series of satellite images to prove the deployment of Russian T-62 M tanks at a distance of 18 km...

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko states that more people came to the training camp for first-line reservists, which started on December 3, than required, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said this on air on the ICTV channel. “We have begun preparing operational reserve number one. And we received many more people willing to undergo training than we needed. And this is a big plus. People…

Russia took tough action against Ukrainian Navy boats after they refused to comply with demands and leave Russian territorial waters, citing the right of free passage through the Kerch Strait. Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko said this at an emergency statement by the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He claims that the Ukrainian Navy boats were hit by missiles fired by the Russian...

In Odessa, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, discussed with the Chief of the General Staff, Commander of the National Army of the Republic of Moldova Igor Kutie, interaction in case of an aggravation of the situation in Transnistria. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this in the material “Ukraine will teach Moldova how to pacify Transnistria.” According to Muzhenko, Moldova has expressed interest in Ukrainian experience in combat training and practical interaction in the event of...

The General Staff of Ukraine is preparing for a likely escalation of the situation in the south of the country and modeling behavioral situations. The head of the department, Viktor Muzhenko, announced this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Chief of the General Staff, in order to be prepared for confrontation, a meeting was held the day before with the commanders of the Ukrainian troops in the southern direction. “While working with commanders in the south...

Nationalists demand that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko fire Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko due to explosions at ammunition depots. The leader of the National Corps party and former commander of the neo-Nazi Azov regiment stated this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Nazi, funds allocated for the protection of warehouses were stolen, and the president’s team is engaged in constant lies. "Send it immediately...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing an acute shortage of budget funding, which negatively affects the combat effectiveness of the army. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, stated this in an interview with the Ukrainian edition of the Air Force, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have calculated the amount - about 112 billion, this is the minimum requirement of the Armed Forces. This year 86 billion were allocated, and next...

There is a constant turnover of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which affects combat effectiveness. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, spoke about this in an interview with the Ukrainian edition of the BBC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Servicemen who leave, after some time, 3-4 months or six months, come back again, sign a new contract and return to duty. But such staff turnover has...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2019 need funding of at least UAH 112 billion, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko. “We calculated that this should be about UAH 112 billion. This is the minimum requirement for the army. And so far they give us figures for UAH 82 billion. This is clearly not enough to keep the Ukrainian Armed Forces combat-ready...

Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Golub sarcastically commented on the statement of the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko, who the day before signed an order on the “decommunization of the army.” According to Golub, such a decree means that “everything anti-Soviet will be imposed by force.” “Now it is only ordered to be proud of the bandit attacks of Bandera’s followers,” he explained. “As I understand it, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have now officially removed themselves from the list of victorious armies in the Second...

Today's decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to assign names of Ukrainian cities to military units is evidence of preparations for an offensive on the territories to the West of Donbass. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko. “...With their decisions, Russians continue their long-standing tradition of stealing someone else’s history and glory... This is marking territory and voicing claims to the lands of other peoples,...