Ukrainian military chief 'must go,' says former Azov commander. 'Some of his orders bordered on criminality'

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Krotevych fought at the Azovstal steel plant.

A former senior Ukrainian commander has called for the country's army chief to step down, accusing him of lacking strategic imagination and endangering the lives of Ukrainian soldiers with orders "bordering on criminality."

According to Bohdan Krotevich, former leader of the Azov Brigade, Shirsky's orders border on the criminal category.

The veteran complained that the Syrian and existing leadership were trying to play “managers” of the army during the war in Ukraine, not commanders.

According to him, Ukraine has not found a way to conduct maneuver warfare, while "the enemy somehow manages to break through our lines every month."