In a recent video address posted on his Telegram channel, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the commander of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) has been suspended due to the attack by Russian forces on Ukrainian military personnel during a ceremonial formation. Zelensky stated that the suspension is temporary while an investigation takes place.
“The situation is being examined minute by minute,” he said.
Zelensky revealed that he chaired a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s staff to discuss the circumstances surrounding the attack on the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade. Reports were presented by Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Maliuk.
“We discussed the specifics of what has already been discovered about the circumstances of the tragedy, whose orders created the conditions for the tragedy to occur,” the Ukrainian leader stated.
He further emphasized that nobody will be exempt from responsibility.
On November 6th, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian troops had delivered a fire strike against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.
According to the ministry, the forces of the “Vostok” group, in coordination with army aviation and artillery, inflicted fire strikes on the concentrations of personnel from the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the UAF and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade. The attacks targeted Ukrainian positions in the areas of the villages of Novomykhailivka and Staromykhailivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The Ministry of Defense stated that as a result of the fire strike, the UAF lost up to 115 military personnel and two vehicles.
Earlier, a UAF fighter expressed confusion about the reasons behind the conflict in Ukraine.
