Serhiy Shaptala
Ukrainian general (born 1973)
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Shaptala in 2022
28 July 2021 – 9 February 2024
Kostiantynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Шаптала; born 5 February 1973) is a Ukrainian military officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 2021 until 2024, holding the rank of Lieutenant general.[1][2]
In 2015, he was awarded Hero of Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko for his command of the 128th Brigade during the Battle of Debaltseve.[3]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian Il-76,[4] and shared video footage of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 striking Russian targets.[5]
Awards
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class (February 26, 2015)[6]
- Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (February 18, 2015)[7]
References
- ^ "Lieutenant General Serhii SHAPTALA". MoD of Ukraine.
- ^ Dmytro Basmat (9 February 2024). "Zelensky announces new chief of general staff". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "After Debaltseve Defeat, What Next?: Out from Debaltseve hell and back to the trenches". Kyiv Post. 20 February 2015.
- ^ Cannon, Matt; Kuklychev, Yevgeny; Giella, Lauren; Backus, Alex; Strozewski, Zoe; Chapman, ORhonde; McKnight, Patricia; Klawans, Justin; Villarreal, Daniel; Brugen, Isabel van; Colarossi, Natalie (February 24, 2022). "Ukraine-Russia: Kyiv near 'catastrophe,' Berdyansk falls, UN session called". Newsweek.
- ^ "How Ukraine Is Using Drones Against Russia". Council on Foreign Relations.
- ^ "Про відзначення державними нагородами України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ "Про присвоєння С. Шапталі звання Героя України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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Chiefs of the General Staff of Ukraine
(1918–1921)
- Oleksander Slyvynsky
- Oleksander Hrekov
- Oleksander Osetsky
- Mykola Yunakiv
- Volodymyr Sinclair
- Symon Petlyura
- Vsevolod Petriv
- Vasyl Tyutyunyk
- Volodymyr Salsky
(since 1991)
- Heorhiy Zhyvytsia*
- Vasyl Sobkov
- Ivan Bizhan*
- Anatoliy Lopata
- Oleksandr Zatynaiko
- Volodymyr Shkidchenko
- Mykola Palchuk*
- Petro Shulyak
- Oleksandr Zatynaiko
- Serhiy Kyrychenko
- Ivan Svyda
- Hryhoriy Pedchenko
- Volodymyr Zamana
- Yuriy Ilyin
- Mykhailo Kutsyn
- Viktor Muzhenko
- Ruslan Khomchak
- Serhiy Korniychuk
- Serhiy Shaptala
*Acting Chief
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