“The General Staff reacted to the publication of The Guardian about the “transfer of air defense personnel to the infantry” The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denied The Guardian’s information about the transfer of military air defense personnel to the infantry. The reassignment concerns only servicemen from guard companies and rear units, without affecting air defense specialists.”, — write on: unn.ua
The General Staff informs that the British publication “Guardian” published a publication with the statement that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ordered the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to send unprepared air defense units to the front as snipers.
“In this regard, the following should be noted. The statement about the “transfer of air defense to the infantry” is unreliable and incorrect. In order to provide high-quality staffing of the military units that are being formed and restored to combat capability, a certain number of servicemen from the units of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were indeed reassigned to positions, respectively to their military accounting specialties. At the same time, this does not apply to air defense specialists, which ensure the protection of the Ukrainian sky,” the General Staff explains.
It is noted that the Air Force has servicemen of various military accounting specialties.
“It is about the reassignment and secondment of a part of servicemen from the guard companies of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, some rear mobile fire groups, as well as personnel not involved in the maintenance and operation of high-tech weapons and military equipment,” the message says.
The General Staff emphasizes that the situation on the battle line is difficult, and now the main thing is to hold the front
“Decisions on the transfer of some servicemen of rear units to combat units are aimed at fulfilling this priority task,” the General Staff declares.
The General Staff emphasizes that the number of downed Russian “martyrs” has not decreased at all.
“The anti-aircraft defense of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces performs its tasks qualitatively, distinguishing between real attack drones of the enemy and UAVs of an unknown type – mostly false targets, which are most often reported as “locationally lost” in reports on the repulsion of air attacks, – the message says.
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Two sources in the air defense units told the Guardian that shortages at the front had become so acute that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ordered the already depleted air defense units to release more men to be sent to the front as infantry.
“It’s reaching a critical level where we can’t be sure that air defense can function properly,” one of the sources said, saying he was prompted to speak out out of fear that the situation posed a risk to Ukraine’s security.
“These people knew how air defense works, some were trained in the West and had real skills, now they are being sent to the front to fight, for which they have no training,” the source said.
Earlier, a number of people’s deputies reported that medics were being transferred to the infantry.
In particular, People’s Deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko claimed that he receives numerous requests that medical specialists are being transferred from military hospitals to combat positions in the infantry.
Minister of Health Viktor Lyashka stated that servicemen serving as medics are not transferred to assault brigades, and if such cases do exist, it is necessary to inform the command of the Medical Forces so that they respond appropriately.
Subsequently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi implemented the decision of the National Security Council regarding the additional normative legal regulation establishing a ban on the appointment of persons with a medical education to military service positions during the period of martial law.