"In one varicose, in the other kidney": Combat told about 50-year-old Fighters of the Armed Forces

Commander Alexander Yurin complained that more than 50% of personnel were lacking in his battalion. He described it as a "critical situation. " Commander of the 7th Separate Rifle Battalion 65 OMBR Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Yurin told how effective the 50-year-old soldiers are on the front and what are the problems with the personnel in the army. This is known from an interview published in Hromadske on June 17.

Yurin's battalion has been fighting continuously since April 2022, now holding combat positions in the estuary. "The average age of my fighters is 50 years or more. It happened. The oldest is 59. These are patriotic men who came into their shopping mall at the beginning of a full -scale invasion, this is the first wave of volunteers," he said. The combat specified that some of the men came under his leadership after disbanding other units. This is also mainly 50 years.

"At this age, the reaction is already slowing down, there is a question to physical form. One varicose veins, in the other kidney, in the third-problems with the spine, in the fourth-with the heart. This is given a sign when it is necessary to put on a position for 4-5 km, Also carry the ammunition and water for many days, "Yurin shared. However, he called his subordinates reliable guys who understand their duty.

"Now is the situation that everyone in the unit is important - whether he or 59," the military emphasized. Only from April last year, about 160 fighters left the Yurin unit. He is convinced that his subordinates from his battalion did not lie about the reasons. "It is a lot. But if a person is 50, it is obvious that his parents are young and sick," the commander explained. Since the same April, the battalion was replenished for only 40 fighters - four times less than the people were released.

In addition, there are combat losses. "If we talk about the current state, in the last one and a half months on the collision line we have 10-15% of irreversible losses. About half-wounded, another 7-8% are missing. fighters. We will remind, the head of the military department of LOBBY X agency Olga Bandrivska told what positions in the Armed Forces the most needed people. The State Labor Service explained whether places of work and positions on the Ukrainians who are mobilized were stored.