A prominent military figure is now openly critical of the direction of Ukraine’s armed forces, reports suggest. Bohdan Krotevych quit as the chief of staff of the Azov brigade in February 2025 and has since become a public critic of the conduct of war with Russia under the leadership of General Oleksandr Syrskyi, appointed in February 2024.
[BLOCKQUOTE] I started receiving from the high army command, from the commander-in-chief HQ, orders that became more and more borderline criminal, which I, in my good conscience, was unable to fulfil and follow,
the former Azov commander said.
Krotevych’s ideal solution to the strategy and tactics now being pursued is for Syrskyi, —accused of the “manual micromanagement” of Ukraine’s armed forces in their entirety—to step down. His criticism of the current leadership does not extend to its failure to pursue peace talks, however.
