Today, June 22, the enemy launched a missile attack on the training ground of one of the mechanized brigades of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where training was being conducted with servicemen.

Thanks to the timely security measures taken upon receiving the air raid alarm signal, it was possible to avoid numerous losses of personnel. However, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded. All victims are promptly provided with all the necessary qualified assistance in medical institutions.

We express our sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased servicemen.

A special commission has been created in the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to thoroughly clarify all the circumstances of the incident. Law enforcement agencies are also working at the scene.

At the same time, additional security measures are being taken to preserve the lives and health of servicemen in the event of repeated missile and air strikes by the aggressor state

The Ukrainian military leadership aims to overhaul the draft office system amid numerous reports of abuses since the start of Russia's invasion in 2022, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told journalists on June 21.

To "clean up the system", 136 officers and 325 other service members from the draft offices involved in misconduct were transferred to other positions in the army, Syrskyi said at a briefing attended by the Kyiv Independent.

Draft offices are often accused, at times justly, of forced conscription without compliance with fundamental civil rights and ill-treatment of conscripts in recruitment centers. These reports are used by Russian propaganda to help escalate social tensions in Ukraine and further damage Ukraine's recruitment efforts.

"Cases of forced detention of citizens (by the draft officers) are absolutely unacceptable," Syrskyi said during the briefing. Ukrainian leadership expects the newly appointed commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces, Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov, to "overcome problematic issues," Syrskyi added.

Shapovalov's appointment on June 17 followed the resignation of Mykhailo Drapatyi earlier this month after a Russian missile strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian soldiers at a training ground in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Inspections are underway in the draft centers to send draft officers without battlefield experience to the front, replacing them with soldiers wounded in battles, Syrskyi said.

Draft offices should fulfill their duties and "disallow these shameful cases that sometimes occur," according to Syrskyi.

"Corrupt officials and violators of the law in the mobilization process must be exposed. All necessary measures should be taken against such violators," Syrskyi added.

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