The call for the retired reserve officers who did not serve in the army is, in fact, the "closing of holes" in the "deplorable situation" with an incomplete in the army of junior officers.

This opinion was expressed to the "Observer" by the military expert Oleg Zhdanov.

"This is closing holes, because in the army disaster. As the chief of the General Staff, neither attempted to delay this tragic moment, but, apparently, the situation is so deplorable that it is impossible to close holes in the incomplete junior officers without reserve officers, "he said..

"The Observer" asked me to explain the reason for the shortage. "If the army is 2.5 times bigger in the country, then it is necessary to open military schools, it is necessary to increase the recruitment to the Institute of the Army, the Institute of Naval Forces, the Institute of Air Forces and other institutions of higher education. But this was not done. At first the problem was solved through mobilization. When we refused to mobilize and allowed to terminate the contracts concluded before the end of the special period, ahead of schedule, then the crazy incomplete. It turned out that the military schools do not cope, the set did not increase in a timely manner, "Zhdanov explained..

He added that the army is most in need of battalion commanders. "They were in a terrible deficit," - said the expert.

"The General Staff did not motivate people to return, they did not deploy military education, they went on the worst option. Moreover, this is the most expensive way, because officers need to pay wages for 18 months as conscripts, "Zhdanov said..

According to him, this step will help solve the problem "only in terms of staffing". "But it will be just a disaster. These are the officers who are responsible for the soldier, for fulfilling the combat mission, for observing military discipline. The platoon commander is the basis for the management of the army, this is the officer who directly communicates with the soldier, "the expert said..

"This once again confirms that the Armed Forces are not being reformed, that the army lives on an ad hoc basis," he concluded..

As the "Observer" wrote, on May 30, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak signed an order to call the reserve officers for military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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