How Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces assign combat roles

Major Volodymyr Baiduzhyi, head of the training and laboratory support group at the 199th Training Center of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, said this in an interview with Ukrinform . “Age and physical capabilities matter when selecting a military specialty, while the instructors’ approach varies significantly depending on the stage of training,” Baiduzhyi said. According to him, during basic military training, instructors try to adapt the workload to individual recruits so that everyone acquires the necessary minimum of skills or reaches the maximum of what they are capable of. “Specialized training requires a completely different approach. Age, physical capabilities and previous civilian experience become critically important.