Viktor Viktor Muzhenko, holding the position of Chief of Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine, He announced that, that the de-communization now run the full program and in the Ukrainian army. According to Viktor Muzhenko, step to ban the Communist, Nazi and "other totalitarian symbolism" speaks of the "chosen the right course". It is the policy of rapprochement with NATO.
In this way, in the Ukrainian armed forces officially ban, eg, attributes such as the stars on the shoulder straps. Previously, they were replaced by “alternative” marks of distinction.
Of Viktor Muzhenko post on Facebook:
1. Ukrainian army has its own military-historical traditions, and Russia's actions did not affect us.
2. Its decisions the Russians continue its long tradition – to steal someone else's story, and the glory.
3. This marking territory and scoring of claims to the lands of other nations, to which Russia is irrelevant.
4. This is a clear signal to us and to the world, that the aggressor is not going to stop in Donbas and Crimea. It also aims to mobilize the pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.
5. Traditions of the modern Russian army – It is an amazing mixture of Russian-imperial and Soviet myths.
Thus, in GSH APU reacted to the, Russian President returned the units and formations of the Armed Forces honorary names – including the title of Ukrainian cities.
Many questions have arisen Ukrainian military personnel in connection with the award-winning, which meets “Communist” symbolism. In the department explain, that previously “existing” awards new order of the General Staff does not apply. It regulates the use of symbols in the new uniform, Units in posters and the like and compounds.
Recall, Earlier in the Ukraine “dekommunizirovali” military uniforms, replacing, eg, blue berets of paratroopers in the red-brown.
Marines instead of the black berets were given blue. In this regard, there was one of the incidents, when the division of the Marine Corps refused to change the traditional black beret out, that it offers a new military command headed by the supreme commander in chief Petro Poroshenko.
