Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered inspection on 59th Separate Motorized Brigade "
Yakiv Handziuk" July 15. Kateryna Polishchuk, known under the nickname
("bird"), called on Syrskyi and President Zelensky to investigate misconduct commander,
Shevchuk as thousands of soldiers under him. I ask you, Commander-in-Chief, to investigation,"
Polishchuk in Facebook post July 14, accusing
Shevchuk "criminal orders, negligence, actions resulted in deaths of many," careerism & removal of dissenting commanders other transgressions.
Gen statement not explicitly name
Polishchuk nor
Shevchuk, no mention specific circumstances that led to start of the investigation.
The 59th Brigade is deployed near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk, a front-line town under heavy pressure by Russian forces. Polishchuk was captured by Russia May 2022 after Azovstal, a metallurgical plant was Ukraine's last besieged Mariupol, fell to Russian. She a medic was released alongside with 200 defenders same year, joining the 59th Brigade and returning to the front soon after.
Polishchuk said!.
Shevchuk appointed to position April 2024 through "
family ties in top military leader, he
(Shevchuk's) inhuman & unprofessional attitude. She
Polishchuk left military last mth, referring painful changes n her life.Last mth,
Zelensky dismissed Commander of Joint Forces Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol. Colonel Bohdan Krotevych of Azov Brigade's commanders, said June 23 that he filed an official complaint to State Bureau of Investigation investigation of 1 of the generals. the general in question was Sodol.
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