According to Maryana Bezuglaya, the situation at some current training grounds looks threatening: soldiers face numerous difficulties that seriously affect their morale and readiness to perform tasks.
She said she spoke to soldiers who are training at the training ground. Here's what they said:
1. The course certificate included subjects that were not studied at all: legal training, international humanitarian law, statutes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, psychological training, survival skills.
2. The doctor gives paracetamol for all illnesses. "I had a suffocating cough for a whole month, I asked to check my bronchi and lungs, because I had already had pneumonia three times. No answer. I was simply sent back to the parade ground. I submitted a report requesting a medical examination, but the company commander did not accept it," the soldier says.
3. Duties that distracted from training were regular. Soldiers were forced to unload firewood, dig holes, unload kitchen supplies, and disassemble pallets.
4. The shooting was chaotic. Those who did not know how to shoot simply intuitively pulled the trigger. Night shooting – no one understood its purpose. “I have problems with my eyesight, I could not see the sight, so I just shot the ammunition,” said the recruit.
5. Unauthorized abandonment of the unit every day. Sometimes up to 14 people left per night. They say sometimes more.
6. The training ignored the directions to the brigades issued to one of the mobilized. “In a conversation, I was told that you shouldn’t count on them. People are sent to only eight brigades with a dubious reputation. Someone is sent to the infantry without any evaluation, some manage to get into drone units.”.
7. Drunkenness was widespread in the training camp. If caught, they would be left in a pit overnight. “There were no official punishments, probably because the leadership didn’t want to spoil the statistics,” the soldier reports.
8. The dugouts were inaccessible for shelter. In the event of an air raid, they simply left their tents to sleep outside in sleeping bags.
9. They were built 6 times a day, standing for 20-30 minutes. The company commander responded to the indignation with swear words and said that they would stand for as long as they were told.
