Ukraine’s General Staff to respond to scandal in 59th Brigade
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, will visit the operational area of the 59th Yakiv Handziuk Brigade following the allegations that its command was “causing extensive casualties among its soldiers.”
“To assess the situation within the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk and to investigate the circumstances of the recent losses among its personnel, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has decided to send a working group, led by the Chief of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to the brigade’s area of responsibility,” the General Staff announced.
The story caught attention after paramedic Kateryna “Ptashka” Polishchuk called on Ukraine’s president to investigate the situation in the brigade.
On social media, Polishchuk called out the brigade leadership over what she termed “criminal orders, deliberate negligence, and disregard for the lives and health of personnel.”
In her scathing judgment, she also demanded an investigation into “egotism, blind careerism, removal of all ‘dissenting’ commanders, suppression of morale, and humiliation of personnel.”
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