Syrsky: 155th Brigade is gradually acquiring combat capabilities
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky reported that the 155th separate mechanized brigade “Anna Kievskaya” is gradually acquiring certain combat capabilities, and that “negative aspects and difficulties” during its deployment in Ukraine have been taken into account.
The commander-in-chief spoke about the work in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russians are concentrating their main efforts and conducting active offensive operations.
He paid special attention to the 155th Brigade. The Commander-in-Chief noted that the unit is gradually acquiring certain combat capabilities, and the “negative aspects and difficulties” that arose during deployment in Ukraine were analyzed, and conclusions were made that will be taken into account in the further training of the military.
Syrsky thanked international partners, in particular France, which was the first country to respond to the request to create a mechanized brigade for Ukraine.
He noted that the French side had fulfilled all its obligations to train and equip the 155th Brigade.
The day before, on January 22, the court chose a preventive measure for the former commander of the 115th brigade, Dmitry Ryumshin, suspected of mass cases of unauthorized abandonment of the unit by his subordinates. The soldier was sentenced to two months of arrest with an alternative of bail of 95 million UAH .
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On December 31, 2024, journalist Yuriy Butusov reported that the State Bureau of Investigation had opened a criminal case into the circumstances of the formation of the 155th separate mechanized brigade “Anna Kievskaya”, which entered the battle near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. He claims that before the brigade fired its first shot, 1,700 servicemen left it without permission.
The journalist also reported that the brigade was not supplied with the necessary weapons. In particular, the brigade did not receive a single drone from the state to carry out combat missions; only volunteers helped. According to Butusov, there was a complete lack of electronic warfare equipment, and the mortar shells were defective.