Alina Mykhaylova frankly about the problem of drinking and drugs in the army — Ukraine

Mykhailova emphasized that drunkenness and drugs are the army's cancer.

Alcoholics and drug addicts are a huge problem in the military and a deadly threat to the unit where they serve.

This was stated by the head of the ULF medical service of the separate battalion “Da Vinci Wolves” named after Dmytro Kotsyubail and Alina Mykhaylova, most likely alluding to the scandal in the 211 brigade.

She reproached that “it is very easy to sit at home on the couch and talk about the “rights” of alcoholics and drug addicts in the army.”

“But most of you have no idea what a deadly threat it is to the unit. I know what I say: 6 years in the army, three of which officially and another three as a volunteer combat unit. I have seen what drinking and drug addiction is like on the front – when a soldier is holding a bottle instead of a machine gun, when the person who is supposed to cover you is looking for another dose or “glass”, – he says…