Chronic health conditions that go undetected during military medical examinations have become one of the main problems identified among mobilized recruits during training, according to the 199th Training Center of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces.
Colonel Oleksandr Klymenko, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the 199th Training Center of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, said this in an interview with Ukrinform.
According to him, many mobilized recruits arrive for service with chronic illnesses that were not detected during military medical commission examinations.
“We have not recorded any cases of hazing or non-regulation relations. There is no ‘didivshchyna’ [barracks bullying] here. The problem is that people being mobilized now often come to us with illnesses acquired during civilian life. Perhaps they were not identified during the military medical examination. A person arrives with a certificate stating they are fully fit for military service, but then, because of the intensity of the training, acute heart failure may emerge, even though all cadets train under the same conditions,” Klymenko said.
According to him, deaths during basic combined-arms training were discussed less frequently in the past simply because training centers had fewer personnel. Now, with larger numbers of recruits, such incidents occur more often.
“Unfortunately, people die regardless of their age or state of health,” the Chief of Staff noted.
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As reported by Ukrinform, cadets cannot graduate from the Air Assault Forces training center if they miss more than 30% of the program, fail to complete live-fire exercises, or do not fulfill required training standards.
Photo: 95th Separate Polissia Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces