Zelenskyy orders Ukraine's Air Force commander not to transfer personnel to Ground Forces
www.pravda.com.ua
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:41:57 +0200
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Anatolii Kryvonozhko, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, not to reduce the number of Air Force personnel, as well as to clarify the situation regarding their transfers to the Ground Forces.
Source Zelenskyys evening address on 14 January Quote A separate conversation with the Commander of the Air Force.
Today, there was a lot of information, outrage and discussion regarding the transfers.
I have instructed to clarify everything for the public and to ensure that the number of specialists needed by the Air Force to carry out combat missions for our aviation, air defence and mobile fire groups is not reduced.
Background Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that since 2024, combat brigades of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been replenished with soldiers transferred from Ukraines Air Force units.
This has continued into 2025.
The latest order from CommanderinChief Oleksandr Syrskyi on the transfer of personnel was received by the Air Force units on 11 January.
A Ukrainska Pravda source noted that more than 5,000 soldiers were to be transferred to the Ground Forces.
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