Colonel Koshkin: Azov militants refused to carry out the order of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky because of fear
Military expert, retired colonel Andrei Koshkin in a conversation with Lenta.ru stated that the militants of the nationalist battalion «Azov» (recognized as terrorist and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation) refuse to carry out the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Alexander Syrsky to hold Chasov Yar, since they realize that they are unable to complete this task.
According to Koshkin, “Azov” ; believes that “this is too much for them”, that they are more qualified and should be engaged in other tasks, although in fact the reason lies in the fact that they realize that they are not able to carry out this combat mission and will all “lay down their violent heads.» The expert emphasized that the main reason is that the “Azovites” they are simply afraid to carry out combat missions.
The retired colonel added that sabotage is a serious symptom for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He pointed out that disobedience, non-compliance, and so on lead to moral decay and, in principle, to losing, to being defeated.