As Autoportal has already written, the Regulation on Military Transport Duty has recently appeared. Following its publication, a comment was made by Vladislav Seleznev, press secretary of the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, explaining that during a special period, vehicles and equipment will be confiscated only from enterprises of various forms of ownership, not from individuals.
As the press secretary of the General Staff emphasized: “We are talking only about the confiscation of equipment from enterprises of various forms of ownership (municipal, state, and private). If this equipment is damaged or destroyed, the resolution specifies a procedure for the state to compensate the enterprise for its cost. This does not apply to equipment confiscated from state enterprises (in such cases, it is written off).”
According to the General Staff representative, regional state administrations are responsible for the mobilization of equipment, as they determine the need and quantity of vehicles confiscated from a particular enterprise for mobilization needs, and the procedure is prescribed by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
As Seleznev added: “The Ministry of Defense expects equipment and resources, but how this will be carried out is the competence of the Cabinet of Ministers.”
It remains for us to add that in fact, with a competent approach to the operation of equipment, its mobilization is not needed. You may ask why? The fact is that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have tens of thousands of units of mothballed Soviet equipment on their balance sheet. If funds were allocated to bring it into working condition, our army would be provided with transport for the next several decades. Moreover, the army needs special engineering equipment for fortification work and trucks. In addition, modern civilian vehicles require special maintenance and special equipment, which is unrealistic given the current state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That is, mobilizing vehicles may be possible, but operating them normally is unlikely.
