Generals should be in the trenches: Zelenskyi on new approaches to the management of the Armed Forces

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi commented on the changes in management approaches in the Armed Forces, which are outlined in the second point of the internal stability plan of Ukraine, and stated that, among other things, they consist in reducing bureaucracy in the military. He said this during the 3rd International Conference on Food Security, Grain From Ukraine reports UNN with reference to the Society.

According to the head of the state, at the moment the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi has a “main task”, which is to reduce bureaucracy in the army.

“And this is very important. An officer must see a soldier. A general who has not been in the trenches is not a general to me, despite his experience. With all due respect, the most difficult situation today is on the front line, in the trenches. Generals must be in the trenches. That’s how war,” said Zelensky.

The President emphasized that “the morale of the military is the most important.”

“And if, but this is for the military to decide, if the transition to the “corps-brigade” system, which they are proposing today, is a reduction of this distance from the general to the soldier, if this bureaucracy is reduced, let them do so,” the President summarized .

Let’s add

On November 22, Suspilny’s sources in the General Staff informed that by the end of November of this year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will present a concept of reform, according to which the Ukrainian army will switch to the “corps-brigade” system.