Can Ukraine reform its military while fighting the largest war in Europe since World War II? One year after Ukraine’s Third Army Corps became the first newly formed corps to take responsibility for its own sector of the front, its commanders say the answer lies not only in drones, artillery or manpower, but in how the army itself is organized.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Speaking at a recent press conference in Kharkiv marking the first anniversary of the corps’ deployment, Deputy Chief of Staff Danylo Novytskyi, call sign “Boroda” (“Beard”), described the past year as a large-scale effort to unite brigades, attached units and supporting forces into a single fighting system. The corps took responsibility for more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) of the front line – around 12% of the entire line of contact. “It is the longest sector among the corps,” Novytskyi said. The Third Army Corps is commanded by Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, one of Ukraine’s most recognized military commanders. Biletskyi gained prominence after Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, when he established the Azov volunteer unit, which later evolved into a regiment within Ukraine’s National Guard. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Biletskyi formed a new unit composed of veterans of the Azov Regiment that later became the foundation for the creation of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.
Ukraine’s Third Army Corps Says It Halted Russian Advances While Reinventing How Ukraine Fights
A year after becoming the first newly formed Ukrainian corps to take responsibility for its own sector of the front, the Third Army Corps says it has stabilized a 150-kilometer front line.
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