““Colonel Roman Kachur received the most votes””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the “Army+” application, the survey regarding the new head of the Sahaidachny National Academy of Ground Forces has been completed. It is important that this decision is made together with our military. The Commander-in-Chief and Commander of the Ground Forces proposed five candidates – Brigadier Generals Serhiy Baranov and Mykhailo Sydorenko, Colonels Yevhen Lasiichuk, Oleksandr Bakulin and Roman Kachur. It was Colonel Roman Kachur who got the most votes,” Zelenskyi said in his address on January 19.
According to him, Kachur “knows the front well”, he commanded the 55th separate artillery brigade.
“I spoke with Colonel Kachur – he has a vision of what to change in military education and specifically in the National Academy of Ground Forces. I instructed him to present to society what will change in the academy, to conduct an audit in the academy – a full-fledged audit: both how it is financed, and how cadets study, and who works at the academy,” Zelenskyy said.
On January 13, the president announced that the military will be able to choose a new chief of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Pyotr Sahaidachny from five candidates through the “Army+” application.
On December 12, the Ministry of Defense dismissed Pavel Tkachuk from the post of head of the National Academy of Ground Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny.
Earlier in December, First Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Gavrylyuk said that the decision regarding Tkachuk has already been made, he will be released due to complaints from cadets.
Lieutenant General Pavlo Tkachuk headed the National Academy of Ground Forces named after Hetman Pyotr Sagaidachny since 2002. In 2010, he was a deputy of the Lviv City Council from the Party of Regions, and in 2013 he became non-partisan. In the local elections in 2020, Pavlo Tkachuk ran for the Lviv Regional Council as a candidate for “Servant of the People”.