Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has dismissed two deputies of the head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), Viktor Zaitsev and Ihor Ostapenko, and is planning to carry out more staff purges.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda’s sources in the Ministry of Defence
Details: One of the sources said the dismissal of the deputy heads of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence took place about a week ago. The decision to dismiss them was not agreed with DIU Chief Budanov himself. The source believes that this decision was not the minister’s initiative.
At the same time, unconfirmed information about Budanov’s resignation being planned by the Ukrainian President’s Office is actively circulating online.
The source did not comment on these rumours.
Another source noted that Defence Minister Rustem Umierov plans to dismiss or has already dismissed about 20 generals and senior officials.
The main reason for this is „inefficiency, a Soviet approach and a lack of results in the work on the fronts“.
The list includes five deputy ministers, the state secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and the controversial chief of staff of the Unmanned Systems Command, Roman Hladkyi.
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