«The position of Commander-in-Chief is not needed»: Bohdan Krotevych proposed a radical change in the structure of military command

«The position of Commander-in-Chief is not needed»: Bohdan Krotevych proposed a radical change in the structure of military command

The army must have a clear system, but not an authoritarian one.

This was stated by the former chief of staff of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade of the NGU «Azov» Bohdan Krotevych in an interview with Censor.NET.

"I am categorically against the position of Commander-in-Chief. I believe that Ukraine needs only the Chief of the General Staff, and that’s it. Moreover, it is necessary to create the Headquarters of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, which does not yet exist, where there will be commanders of the National Guard, Air Force, and others.

This is a systemic problem. If the position of Commander-in-Chief is eliminated and the Chief of the General Staff is retained, the approach will change. Of course, the Chief of the General Staff can theoretically actually become the Commander-in-Chief, but this is still about a different style of work," explained Krotevych.

He emphasized that the commander’s duty is to issue orders, while the chief of staff and the entire structure plan their implementation.

"In my opinion, the president is the Commander-in-Chief who sets tasks, and the Chief of the General Staff must think about how to implement them. It’s simple! The level of the Commander-in-Chief is not to send a company, for example, to defend Pokrovsk. Syrskyi simply does not understand this," he added.