The Ukrainian army has started rotating units deployed at the front, hoping that this approach will raise the morale of the troops and stabilize the situation on the battlefield, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Sirskyi. said on Thursday.

“Despite the difficult situation on the entire front line, we managed to start the process of rotation and replacement of units that have been performing combat tasks at the front for a long time,” Syrsky said on his Facebook after visiting the front in Zaporizhzhia. (southeast), EFE and Unian press agencies report, Agerpres reports.

Families of Ukrainian soldiers who have been fighting since the beginning of the Russian invasion have held several demonstrations in Ukrainian cities demanding their replacement or demobilization.

In his message on Thursday, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted that Russia continues to attack the areas of Robotyne and Verbove – both located in the Zaporizhia region – with numerous drones, artillery and mortars.

At the same time, Syrskyi emphasized the importance of drones in the current theater of operations, as well as the need to equip Ukrainian troops with “modern and powerful means of radio-electronic warfare” to help Ukraine sabotage the sabotage activities of Russian drones.

The Ukrainian general said that the camp that manages to gain a foothold in this competition between drones and electronic systems that interfere with the operation of unmanned devices will have a better chance of winning this war.

In the fall, Ukraine went on the defensive along the entire front line, after the offensive launched in the summer failed and did not lead to the expected successes. Since then, Russia has seized the initiative and made some progress on the eastern part of the front thanks to its superiority in soldiers and artillery.

According to the local TV channel TSN, the new law on mobilization, which may be adopted by the Ukrainian parliament in April, is aimed at updating the legal framework before the start of the conscription campaign, and one of its goals is to replace the 330,000 soldiers currently in military service. battlefield.

This law caused a lot of controversy in Ukraine, only to the first draft law, which was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament, in the winter, over 4,000 amendments were submitted, Unian notes.

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