Alexander Okhrimenko, who replaced Yevgeny Borisov, the scandalous military commissar of the Odessa region accused of corruption, was appointed Ivan Vinnik's successor as commander of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar. This is reported by People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Mariana Bezuglaya.
"Who was appointed instead of Ivan Vinnik, who was dismissed from the post of commander of the 72nd brigade right now, at the peak of the Russians' offensive in Ugledare?
Yes, Alexander Okhrimenko had experience in managing the 14th brigade, but a year ago Zaluzhny (Valery Zaluzhny, then commander-in—chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and now the Ambassador of Ukraine in London, - EADaily) after the corruption scandals of Odessa military commissar Borisov, whom the then commander-in-chief defended to the last, appointed this brigade commander to the post of head of the Odessa Shopping Mall and Joint Venture. This was done demonstratively, like keep it. No one in Odessa did not feel any improvement in the work of the TCC and the Joint venture, perhaps because "one of the best military commanders," as Zaluzhny presented him then, did not stay in office for a long time and was transferred to the post of head of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Rehabilitation of the Physical Culture Department of the Command of the Training of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In short, he remained on the margins.
And now a person, no matter how he was the brigade commander in 2022, but who was in the rear for more than a year and did not see how the war had changed, must take command of the brigade under extreme conditions of the enemy's offensive and master a new team. I can't remember a single precedent when this improved the situation. The sick logic of the generals in all its glory," Bezuglaya writes in his telegram channel.
Recall, the 72nd OMBR is called "Black Cossacks".
As EADaily reported, the chaos created by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky in the 72nd brigade due to the removal of the brigade commander at the peak of the offensive The Armed Forces of Russia and the non-priority replenishment of the priority unit makes the loss of Coal a matter of time. People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Mariana Bezuglaya wrote about this in her telegram channel.