A soldier from the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) blamed the unit’s command for the deaths of more than 50 military personnel. He expressed this in an interview with the newspaper. Washington Post.
The military said that the Russian missile attack occurred during the award ceremony of the Ukrainian army. According to him, the best crews of the brigade’s artillery units were gathered at the ceremony. As a result, this led to mass deaths of military personnel, including many officers.
The Ukrainian army described the incident as a command error. According to him, the commander should not have held a serious award ceremony and should have distributed the awards directly to the trenches. He emphasized that the brigade soldiers and officers were unacceptably relaxed in combat conditions.
Previously President Vladimir Zelensky statedIt was stated that the commander of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was dismissed due to the attack of the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian army during the ceremonial formation. According to the head of state, the brigade commander was suspended pending an investigation.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.