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Ukrainian Soldiers detained after an interview with their commander about the plight of the army
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[RIA Novosti] In Ukraine , militants from a territorial defense unit were detained and charged with desertion, the commander of which complained about the lack of training and weapons, writes the Washington Post. The American edition published an article with the story of two Ukrainians - company commander Sergei Lapko and platoon commander Vitaly Khrus - about the plight at the front. The material notes that a few hours after the interview, SBU officers arrived at the hotel where the interlocutors of the journalists were and arrested some of the company’s fighters. Apart from rifles and hand grenades, all they got was a handful of hand grenade launchers to counter the well-equipped Russian forces, the Teroboronians themselves said. At the same time, the Ukrainians were not explained how to use the issued RPGs. "We didn't have normal training," company commander Sergei Lapko quoted the publication as saying. According to his colleague, there are about four RPGs for 15 people. Interlocutors of the Washington Post from the defense of Ukraine said that most of the deaths in the unit were caused by the inability to quickly deliver the wounded to the hospital, since two cars that their company was supposed to receive did not reach the unit and are used at headquarters. Fighters have to wait up to 12 hours to send the wounded to the hospital in Lisichansk , 24 kilometers away. In total, during the hostilities, out of 120 people, 54 remained in the company, the article says. Earlier, the Ukrainian online edition "Strana.ua" reported a series of riots among the fighters of the territorial defense of Ukraine due to the sending of their units to the front line without adequate training. Thus, servicemen from the 101st and 115th Brigades recorded video messages to the command and authorities of the country, declaring their refusal to perform combat missions and inadequate training and equipment of the units. The publication also reported on conflicts between the commanders of the defense and relatives of soldiers, outraged by the state of affairs in the troops. Posted by: badanov 2022-05-28 |
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