The Daily Populous Sunday September 21st, 2025 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by eaglemaxie

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has approved a plan to establish assault forces.

Source: Zelenskyy, speaking to journalists, cited by Ukrinform news agency

Quote: "We have assault battalions and regiments that have clearly demonstrated good results during 2025, and we have decided we must put them on a legal footing. The Russians have chosen to do the same as us. We will now establish separate assault forces. We have already agreed on this decision."

Details: Zelenskyy said preparations for the announcement of the decision are underway. He expects it to be operational within about a week to ten days.

He also added that the Assault Forces will include a drone component.

DoomguyFemboi on September 21st, 2025 at 10:42 UTC »

Ukrainian SAS is going to be so insane. They are the most battle hardened forces on the planet at this point.

Opposite-Chemistry-0 on September 21st, 2025 at 06:48 UTC »

Defence and assault specialists separated sounds good...If this means it. But it needs men and weapons.

So...more support for ukraine

badpauly on September 21st, 2025 at 03:50 UTC »

Somebody please explain how assault forces are different than regular forces.