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Zelenskyy orders Ukrainian Air Force commander not to transfer personnel to Ground Forces

Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 21:41
Zelenskyy orders Ukrainian Air Force commander not to transfer personnel to Ground Forces
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

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: Zelenskyy’s 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."

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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 Ukraine’s Air Force units. This has continued into 2025. The latest order from Commander-in-Chief 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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