"Cases of accidents with explosives occurred because people had been in combat positions for a long time, and they were tired. It also happened that people performed some tasks during the day and some at night, so they worked around the clock. As a result, mistakes were made in the safety rules for handling explosives," Holovnia told the Kyiv Independent. According to Holovnia, casualties caused by the accidents were listed as battlefield losses.These included both deaths and injuries, he clarified for the Kyiv Independent.Approaching the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine still has no legal mechanism that would allow demobilization after a certain period of service.Holovnia noted that the aforementioned commander has favorites who receive the highest additional financial reward, Hr 100,000 ($2,370), without going to combat positions, while others have to put their lives to do so.According to the soldier, the commander failed to ensure the units had communications and high-quality electronic warfare equipment to perform combat missions.

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