Ukrainian Armed Forces have enough servicemen for rotation of those who have been on positions for over 60 days – Syrskyi
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi states that there is a sufficient number of personnel to carry out rotations and replace on positions those servicemen who have been there for over 60 days.
"A special instruction was developed that determines the procedure for this replacement, the procedure for training and creating units that must prepare to replace servicemen who have been on positions for a long period, over 60 days. And in fact, this whole replacement turns into a special operation... Some criticize that we supposedly do not have enough personnel, people. We know the situation, we know how many servicemen are brought into the area of operation, how many are on positions. And I can confidently state that we have this process provided with the number of people," Syrskyi said in an interview with TSN, shown on Tuesday.
He noted that not all forces and means in the rear are used in the Armed Forces to provide that number of servicemen: "there are many times fewer of them on positions than in rear areas."
"Therefore, all this is determined. And the process of the first rotation is now taking place. It is not going smoothly everywhere, primarily where active hostilities are taking place. Of course, this process is complicated... In some cases, we use special operations forces – where the situation is really difficult – to ensure this process," the commander-in-chief said.
According to Syrskyi, every day it is analyzed how many servicemen have been withdrawn, how many have been replaced, "where this process is successful, where not entirely, so appropriate measures are taken."
At the same time, he emphasized that during the rotation process, decisions are sometimes made to leave certain positions. "On some positions, sometimes decisions need to be made, possibly at my level, because when we understand that we cannot guarantee evacuation or replacement there, because these servicemen simply will not reach there and will be killed. Therefore, under certain conditions, it is better to simply withdraw personnel from this position, which no longer plays any role, and that must be a decision. We should not deceive ourselves and create illusions that, say, a single position located in an infiltration zone can provide some deterrence of the enemy. For the most part, its role is reduced only to the role of an observation post that informs its commanders that it notices the movement of any enemy troops or groups," Syrskyi said.
