The former chief of general staff for Ukraine’s military has been charged for high treason. Prosecutors say he had weakened the Air Force by disbanding air defense units and 19 air force formations while he was in charge of the military.
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Retired Colonel General Volodymyr Zamana also failed to put up a credible defense of Crimea despite knowing the fact that Russia will soon invade, military prosecutors say.
“During his tenure as Chief of the General Staff, anti-aircraft missile divisions armed with the S-300V air defense missile systems were disbanded, namely those were the 874th anti-aircraft missile division, the 137th anti-aircraft missile brigade, the 5001st anti-aircraft missile division, the 281st anti-aircraft missile division of the 208th anti-aircraft missile brigade, 19 military air force units,” Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said at a press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 25.