Army Inspection

A quality defense inspection of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in the framework of the military reform requires the joint efforts of all branches of government, Ukrainian Defense Minister Volodymyr Shkidchenko said last Friday at an expanded collegium of the ministry. SNBOU Secretary Yevhen Marchuk, President of Ukraine’s Assistant for National Security and Head of the National Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration Volodymyr Horbulin, and chairman of the relevant parliamentary committee Heorhy Kriuchkov also took part in the meeting. Interfax Ukraine agency reports that the first preliminary stage of the defense inspection is to be completed in April. This will be followed by two others, executive and final. In addition, participants analyzed the stage of considering the bills regarding the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Verkhovna Rada; how the Armed Forces are implementing acting laws, regulations, and presidential directives; and the effectiveness of the measures to improve executive and financial discipline in the army. The collegium adopted resolutions corresponding to the results of the reports given.