Seen from Ukraine. The “Anne of kyiv” brigade, a media stunt that ends in disaster

It’s on the site Tsenzor.net, of which he is editor-in-chief, that Yuriy Boutoussov published a shocking article entitled “The true story of the Anne of kyiv brigade – deaths for public relations”. The text by the journalist, a specialist in military issues and known to be generally critical of the Ukrainian government, had the effect of a bomb and was taken up by various sources. Completely, as on Arhoument, or accompanied by comments, as on the daily online site Ukrainian Truth.

“The creation of the 155^e Anne’s mechanized brigade from kyiv was part of the government’s large-scale project, which involved the formation of 14 new brigades, writes Butoussov, for which Ukraine had to find personnel and international partners to equip them.” However, he asserts:

“From day one, the creation of the 155^e brigade was total organizational chaos, really at every level.”

Only part of the future brigade’s troops were sent to France, he explains, “of which just 55 [membres] had military experience of more than a year, and 459 of less than a year.” Of the 1