Ukraine is Rebuilding its Military From Scratch (History Legends)

The great reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being implemented. Early this year, commander-in-chief Syrsky announced that the entire structure will now be composed of Army Corps as opposed to Operational Tactical Groups. Although this transition is much needed, as it will improve command and control of Ukrainian forces, there are also important challenges ahead.

0:00 Introduction
2:58 How Army Corps came to be
5:18 Ukraine creates Operational Tactical Groups
10:59 Problems in the chain of command
16:45 The AFU starts the implementation of Army Corps
22:56 Challenges to the new structure



While the Ukrainian Army will be better organised under the Corps system they are still outmatched and are being systematically targeted with precision weapons by the Russians that now have a superiority in drones. The war they are in is more akin to the idea of Industrial Warfare.

The other issue with the instituting the Corps system is filling out the brigades. They simply do not have enough personnel to do the job, no matter how they organise themselves. They cannot advance or counter attack without being targeted with precision weapons, and they cannot hold their positions due to heavy bombardments from the Russians that then send in small combat groups to mop up. The overall lack of personnel is evident in the present fighting where the Russians often smash through fortified areas in days, as opposed to weeks or months, because there are too few soldiers to man the defences. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, August 31, 2025.]