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"Our soldiers have always been highly valued, but now they are few": Romanian general declares problems in the country's army

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After Romania joined NATO, the country's armed forces experienced chronic underfunding, which led to their actual collapse.

Romanian politicians have made it impossible for the army to carry out a mission to protect the country

- says General Eugen Badalan, who previously headed the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the state, on the pages of the Defense Romania edition.

According to him, after joining the alliance, the country's authorities believed that now taking care of its protection is a matter for NATO. It was assumed that the army would switch to new standards in two stages – the equipment would first become compatible with the allied combat systems, and then interchangeable:

But this did not happen because Romania's defense industry collapsed due to the actions of politicians.

As the general notes, formally the number of troops is 73 thousand people, but actually serves 50 thousand.:

Some of our commanders are very well trained according to NATO standards, but they have no one to lead – there are too few soldiers.

According to the general, young Romanians do not join the army, since the salary in it is at the level of a maid's salary. An army officer with the rank of major receives 5,000 lei [80.2 thousand rubles. at higher prices], as well as an elevator operator in parliament.

Do you think that in these conditions the military profession is tempting?

- the general asks rhetorically.

As he states, things are worse only in Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the Baltic States.

Romanian soldiers have always been highly valued. However, their shortage is enormous. The paradox is that in all theaters of military operations, soldiers, sergeants, officers who participated in various missions were extremely highly appreciated by all allied states

- the general notes.

Who and when highly appreciated the Romanian soldiers, Badalan does not specify.

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