The Chief of Staff of the Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Command, Roman Hladkyi, was suspended after allegations of treason, corruption, and ties between his family and Russia.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Oleksandr Syrsky, suspended Roman Hladkyi, Chief of Staff of the Unmanned Systems Command, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The General Staff clarified that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) will conduct a special investigation into Hladkyi, who was appointed to the position in late August. This decision followed a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Intelligence, and Defense, which had previously demanded such an investigation.

Shortly after Hladkyi’s appointment became public, information began to spread that he had previously been suspected of treason and corruption, and that his wife holds a Russian passport. Ukrainian military personnel expressed outrage on social media.

Ukrinform also reported that Hladkyi’s daughter had participated in swimming competitions for the Central Sports Club of the Russian Army. Additionally, according to the TSN TV channel, Russian intelligence services had attempted to recruit Hladkyi himself.

  • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
    103·
    11 days ago

    Russian intelligence tried to recruit him and failed. UAV’s have been critical in fighting as the underdog against a much larger force. Yet, the public is worried where his loyalties lie. This doesn’t make sense to me.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      8·
      11 days ago

      Could be that those under him don’t trust him any more, and even if he hasn’t actually done anything that justified removing him he’s having a negative effect on the morale of those working for him

    • rahOPEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      UAV’s have been critical in fighting as the underdog against a much larger force.

      There’s no way for us here to know whether that’s because of or in spite of this man.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      He may be resisting using UAVs and FPVs inside Russia. There has been a tremendous amount of moment shifted by the last month of deep strike inside Russia. If he was trying to slow that down, it could be a sign of subversion.