The Armed Forces of Ukraine 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 conduct rotations and replacements of servicemen who have been on positions for over 60 days.
"A special instruction was developed that defines the procedure for this replacement, the order of preparation and creation of units that should be prepared to replace servicemen who have been on positions for a long time, over 60 days. And in fact, this entire 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 have been brought into the area of operation, how many are on positions. And I can confidently state that this process is exactly provided with the number of people," – said Syrskyi in an interview with TSN, shown on Tuesday.
He noted that not all forces and means in the rear are involved in the Armed Forces to provide that number of servicemen: "There are many times fewer of them on positions than in the rear areas."
"Therefore, everything is defined. And the process of the first rotation is now taking place. It is not simple everywhere, primarily where active hostilities are taking place. Of course, this process is difficult... In some cases we use servicemen of special operations forces – where the situation is really difficult – to ensure this process," said the commander-in-chief.
According to Syrskyi, every day it is sorted out how many servicemen have been withdrawn, how many have been replaced, "where this process is successful, where not entirely, so appropriate measures are taken."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 remove the personnel from this position, which no longer plays any role, and this must be a decision. There is no need to deceive ourselves and create illusions that, say, a separate position located in the 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 about the movement of any enemy troops or groups," Syrskyi said.
