Ukraine’s top commander scrapped more than 30 obsolete General Staff orders, freeing field commanders from paperwork built for different war
Many of the cancelled rules dated to the trench fighting of 2016-2020.
Ukraine's highest-ranking military officer has eliminated over 30 obsolete General Staff orders, streamlining the process and freeing field commanders from burdensome paperwork designed for a different era of conflict. These cuts dismantled decade-old training, shooting, and fitness rules, and relieved commanders of the formal reporting that had become irrelevant and redundant, according to Vitalii Sarantsev, the communications chief of the 14th Army Corps.
The army had previously relied on a rulebook crafted for a lower-intensity war, with many of the canceled orders dating back to the Anti-Terrorist Operation and Joint Forces Operation of 2016 to 2020. These older documents clashed with the standards Ukrainian units had developed under fire following Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
By eliminating these outdated orders, the Ukrainian military now enjoys more time and resources to focus on combat operations rather than administrative tasks. The reform aligns with the new commander-in-chief, Drapatyi, who is striving to eliminate Soviet-era habits from the Ukrainian armed forces and adopt a more Western approach to military organization and tactics.
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