The paper cited a former UK soldier who resigned to become an instructor of the Ukrainian National Guard in May 2014.
The 40-year-old, a naturalised Briton of Ukrainian descent who had served in Afghanistan and the Middle East said Ukraine’s forces made up largely of volunteers and conscripts suffered great casualties because of frequent incidents of friendly fire and the mishandling of weapons, according to the paper.
He said the string of bloody defeats for the Ukrainian army, including last week’s fall of Debaltsevo where the Ukrainian troops had been trapped by Donbas militia was largely due to a failure of command and a lack of skills and discipline.
"Six out of 10 casualties among the Ukrainian volunteers occur because of blue-on-blue shooting [the army term for friendly fire] and the inability to handle weapons," said the man who gave only his nom-de-guerre Saffron, the paper said.
Weapons pullout in east Ukraine to start on Feb. 24 - Donetsk Republic’s Defense Ministry
Work is beginning on Sunday for the Kiev military and self-defense fighters of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) to pull out heavy weaponry from the delimitation line, DPR Defense Ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said by phone on Sunday.
"The pullout was expected to start three days ago but nuances were determined and now all the sides have agreed and decided that February 22 will mark a two-week countdown for the weaponry withdrawal," he said, adding the Kiev military had also agreed to start the heavy weaponry pullout from Sunday.
The weaponry withdrawal will last about two weeks "as was prescribed in the Minsk accords," the spokesman said.
"Preparatory works are under way. Tomorrow will be a holiday and the process of weaponry pullout will really start from February 24," he said..........................http://tass.ru/en/world/779123
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Les forces pro-Kiev subissent des pertes "énormes" liées à des tirs fratricides, selon un instructeur militaire...
ReplyDeletePlus de 50% des pertes humaines subies par l'armée ukrainienne lors du conflit dans le Donbass sont liées à de mauvais équipements ainsi qu'à des tirs amis, écrit le journal britannique Sunday Times.
L'hebdomadaire cite un instructeur militaire britannique d'origine ukrainienne qui avaient entraîné des unités de la Garde nationale dans une période entre mai 2014 et janvier 2015.
Selon l'interlocuteur du journal, les forces pro-Kiev sont essentiellement composées "de volontaires et de conscrits" et subissent des pertes "énormes" liées à des tirs fratricides ainsi qu'à une expérience insuffisante d'utilisation des armes.
Un bâtiment détruit à Donetsk
© AFP 2015. Vasily Maximov
Onu: le conflit en Ukraine a fait près de 5.700 morts
Les défaites militaires des troupes gouvernementales sont provoquées par des erreurs commises par le commandement et le manque de compétences et de discipline au sein des militaires, estime la source.
"Il y a une trentaine de bataillons de volontaires et un certain nombre d'unités régulières, mais chaque groupe mène sa propre guerre. Ils n'ont pas de commandement central, ils n'ont même pas de fréquences radio communes, ce qui rend la communication impossible", avoue l'instructeur.
"Tout ce que je ai vu en Ukraine était contraire à tout ce que j'avais appris dans l'armée britannique", indique-t-il...................http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20150222/1014847168.html#ixzz3SUPhKmKK
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The Kiev forces will withdraw heavy weaponry from the line of contact with independence supporters in eastern Ukraine only after the ceasefire is fully implemented, a military spokesman said Monday...................http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150223/1018620971.html#ixzz3SYw1XyUB
ReplyDeleteUkraine’s National Guards, Defense Ministry get new batch of tanks after overhaul...
ReplyDeleteUkraine’s state concern Ukroboronprom has handed over to Ukraine’s National Guard and Defense Ministry a new batch of T-64B (B1) main battle tanks, the National Guard’s press-service has said.
According to the report, "the vehicles are prepared for missions in the zone of the military operation."
The vehicles are said to have undergone routine maintenance and overhaul at a plant in Kharkiv, which is an affiliate of Ukroboronprom. The hulls and turrets have been equipped with dynamic protection, which makes the combat vehicles secure against anti-tank weapons...................http://tass.ru/en/world/780920