Ukraine currently has enough troops to implement a two-month rotation to relieve frontline troops, according to Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky on Tuesday. In an interview with the defense outlet Militarnyi, Syrsky said the rotation could operate in three shifts depending on available resources and manpower.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “We counted everything: The number of personnel in the brigades on average in positions and the presence of personnel deployed to the area of operation. There are a large number of servicemen who are in combat areas,” Syrsky said, as reported by state media Ukrinform. “We have all the conditions to create three shifts and ensure the preparation of the shift that will replace them on rotation,” he added. The decision for the two-month rotation was announced in early May, with the General Staff saying that it is driven by troop exhaustion in high-intensity combat zones. Syrsky said the next step would be to work out a system to monitor the planned rotation. “I have set a deadline of the 15th of each month for us to monitor the rotation. For example, groups of officers are currently working to check how the brigades kept records of servicemen who are in front-line positions, how the duration of their stay was taken into account,” he continued. “That is, now we need to clarify everything and deal with those people who will replace them and create a system for monitoring this.”
Ukraine’s Commander Discusses 2-Month Troop Rotations as War Grinds Forward
Ukraine’s commander in chief also touched on the subject of demobilization, striking a less optimistic tone compared to earlier remarks from the defense ministry.













