Commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade explained why he considers the creation of new Armed Forces brigades a mistake.

The military leadership admits mistakes in personnel formation

The deputy commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Maksym Zhorin, reported that the military leadership of Ukraine makes mistakes in forming personnel. He noted that some brigades, although they achieve positive results, lack sufficient personnel.

Due to this, we will already have experienced management, we will have an experienced sergeant branch, which is extremely important on the battlefield and which cannot be created at all in a newly formed brigade

According to Zhorin, the process of forming the Armed Forces of Ukraine is currently far from ideal, but he believes that an effective solution will be found in the near future. He is outraged by the situation where new brigades lack sufficient resources and officers for successful functioning, while some old brigades that are in charge have significant experience but lack personnel.

Zhorin also emphasized that the personnel that get into an experienced brigade with experienced commanders adapt much faster and can effectively perform tasks. He stressed that the initial composition of a new brigade coming to the front will not achieve such results due to the high dynamics of events.

No significant replenishment of personnel occurred

Unfortunately, there was no large-scale replenishment of military personnel at the front after the mobilization was intensified. Earlier, it was announced that Ukraine plans to mobilize 160,000 people from November to February, but this goal is considered unrealistic, and it is more likely that only up to 100,000 people will be called up.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the need to continue mobilization until 2025 and to relay information to other agencies about the number of people needed to support the front and create a reserve.