Ukraine to establish multiple corps, each built around existing brigades — 3rd Assault Brigade deputy commander
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Ukraine’s Armed Forces will create several new corps, each
formed around an existing brigade, Deputy Commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade,
Lt. Col. Maksym Zhorin, said in an interview with Radio
NV on March 20.
“There’s currently a task set for several units, not just
the 3rd Assault Brigade. Several such corps will be created. Each will be
formed around a specific brigade, like ours. The 3rd Assault Brigade will serve
as the base — the forming brigade. This means the corps’ command structure will
be built on our key personnel, experience, and functionality,” Zhorin said
during the Radio NV broadcast.
According to him, the creation of these corps is currently
in a test phase, with the 3rd Assault Brigade being the first to go through the
process to refine the model for broader implementation.
“We are now scaling from a brigade to a corps, and this
experience will later expand from several corps to the entire army. There’s a
lot of ongoing work, particularly concerning the staffing structure of these
units. There are different perspectives on how they should function and various
proposals for their management. The command structure, the management
framework, and the bodies that will operate within these corps — all this is
still being finalized,” Zhorin explained.
He added that Ukraine’s General Staff is supportive of these
initiatives as the 3rd Assault Brigade transitions into a corps.
“There’s a sense that there’s an understanding this needs to
be done. They are often cooperative, sometimes advising or assisting. This is a
pioneering process, and we are now creating something that will later be scaled
across the entire Ukrainian army,” Zhorin said.
On Feb. 3, President Zelenskyy announced
that a
plan to transition the Armed Forces to a new organizational structure involving
corps creation had been approved.
On March 13, the 3rd Assault Brigade announced it had
officially become the 3rd Army Corps under the command of Andrii Biletskyi.
On March 16, while commenting on the appointment of Andrii
Hnatov as Chief of Ukraine’s General Staff, Zelenskyy stated that one
of Hnatov’s key tasks would be actively developing the corps system.
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