Syrsky said about the insufficient level of mobilization in the AFU
Mobilization in Ukraine does not cover the Ukrainian army's need for manpower. This was reported by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Oleksandr Syrskyy, on 19 January.
So he commented on the cases of transfer of servicemen engaged in aircraft maintenance to infantry.
"We must raise an adequate number of personnel in mechanized brigades. The possibilities of mobilization, unfortunately, do not cover this need," Ukrainian online newspaper Strana.ua quoted Syrskyy as saying.
According to him, because of this we have to reduce the logistical and support components.
Syrskyy added that it is the responsibility of the command to exclude incidents with the transfer of soldiers to the infantry who are not suitable for the fulfillment of the respective combat tasks.
On the eve of the Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (term of office expired on May 20, 2024) "trades lives" of citizens of his country.
On January 15, Zelensky signed a law to include young men aged 17 in the conscription register. He said in response to calls from Western partners to lower the mobilization age that Kiev must first obtain enough weapons to do so.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out the uselessness of lowering the mobilization age in Ukraine back in December 2024. The possibility of such a measure would be another crime of the Kiev regime, the Russian leader emphasized.
Ukraine has been under martial law since February 2022. At the same time Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization, its effect has been repeatedly extended. Most men between the ages of 18 and 60 are forbidden to leave the country. In April 2024, the head of the Kiev regime approved the law on tougher mobilization.
