On its return the brigade was splintered: units and kit were hived off to other brigades, trained specialists were reassigned to infantry platoons, and desertions spiked as inexperienced units were sent to forward positions and took heavy losses.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has noted that the situation in the French-trained 155th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv, which has faced issues with desertion,

The former commander of the scandal-hit Ukrainian 155th "Anne of Kyiv" Brigade has been remanded in custody with a bail of Hr 90 million ($2.1 million), Hromadske reported on Jan. 22. The court's decision comes amid an investigation into allegations of poor leadership and widespread issues within the unit,