The best way to lose a war: What will Ukraine gain by granting immunity to its military forces?

Regarding Galushkin and others. I will say right away — whether Galushkin is to blame, I do not know.

First, the bare facts.

1. My comrade Nikolai Kohanivskyi was in the 125th Brigade. The day before the Russian offensive, he complained about extremely poor management, recording videos showing how the preparation for the Russian offensive was NOT happening, and how there were aLACK of proper fortifications. He reported that officers were demanding bribes from subordinates. Even for the right to fight with their own (!) FPVs, bribes were being requested. Of course, he did not agree to such a proposal, although he was trained. He died heroically while repelling the Russian offensive as an infantryman.
2. When we were working in Kharkiv region, we had zero interaction both with the command and with the 125th Brigade (except for informal grassroots communication with their UAV operators, who were wonderful guys). We received no support before, during, or after the operation. Even when my fighters sought help in an obviously critical situation — the response was refusal. We also did not receive proper interaction from the OTU command. Because of this, we narrowly escaped death, if not for the timely measures we took to safeguard ourselves. A good habit is to assume that there are Russian spies sitting in the headquarters. I spoke personally with Galushkin — I heard an impolite tone from him, and he did not allow me to speak (of course, this is not a reason to lock someone up). By the way, we also did not receive the proper paperwork from them, which is why we were not paid for combat duties.

Now, some evaluative judgments.

1. Is Galushkin guilty — I repeat, I do not know. It is quite possible that he is not. The issue lies elsewhere. I have no doubt that our law enforcement agencies, as well as judges, are UNABLE to conduct a "clean" judicial process. Therefore, if earlier top corrupt officials got away with just fear, at worst a short term in pre-trial detention, the same will happen with generals. I expect absurd accusations and poor work from investigators, and I do not expect that the Truth will be established in court.
2. Let’s determine — are commanders liable to prosecution or not? If they are not liable, if we stretch the narrow legal concept of "combat immunity" to organize complete impunity for senior officers — then hello, mass casualties and unnecessary losses. Hello, a repeat of the Kharkiv failure. And everything we have seen since the very beginning of the full-scale invasion.
3. If we have many inadequate military top leaders — we will definitely lose the war. Look at the casualty statistics, check the map every day. Let’s determine whose side we are on — the side of the conditional "Tavr" (the young, adequate generation of commanders) or "Sodyl".
4. Those responsible must answer for Kohanivskyi and many others.

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