Yevhen Moisiuk
Євген Мойсюк
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine[1]
Assumed office
29 July 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byPost Established
Personal details
Born
Yevhen Heorhiyovych Moisiuk

(1979-10-07) 7 October 1979 (age 44)
Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materIvan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Odesa Military Academy[2]
AwardsCross of Military Merit (Ukraine)
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2d class
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class
Order of Danylo Halytsky
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Years of service2000–present
RankLieutenant General (horisontal)
CommandsDeputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Commander of the 81st Airmobile Brigade
25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
Battles/wars

Yevhen Heorhiyovych Moisiuk (Ukrainian: Євге́н Гео́ргійович Мойсю́к;[a] born 7 October 1979) is a Ukrainian three-star general who serves as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 29 July 2021.

Biography

He was born in the city of Chernivtsi, 7 October 1979.

He graduated from the airmobile faculty of the Odesa Military Academy in 2000.

From 2000 to 2004, Moisiuk commanded a platoon and later a company in the 25th Airborne Brigade. From 2004 to 2005, he served as part of the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq. From 2008 to 2009, he served as part of Kosovo Force.

In 2009, he entered the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine from which he graduated in 2011.[2]

Russo-Ukrainian War

At the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, in March 2014, he commanded a detachment of the 25th Airborne Brigade, which advanced to the Russian-Ukrainian border. On March 16, a column of the detachment in the Volnovasky district, near the village of Anatolia, reportedly fired upon pro-Russian activists who were obstructing the movement of the convoy to the border, without any conclusive outcome. The column was forced to spend the night in field conditions. The camp of the detachment was set up in a field, on the slope of a stream, in snowy weather. The next day, after negotiations with pro-Russian activists with the participation of local officials, the convoy was permitted to continue its movement in the direction of the Karan railway station.[3]

From December 3, 2014, he commanded the defense of Donetsk Airport until the premises of the building were fully destroyed. He then commanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to Pisky.[4]

On September 21, 2019, he was appointed the commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.[5] On July 21, 2021, he was dismissed from the post.[6]

However, on July 29, 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]

Military ranks

Awards

On 14 August 2014 Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class.[9]

On 10 October 2015 Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2d class.[10]

On 2 December 2021 he was awarded the Order of Danylo Halytsky.[11]

On 6 May 2022 he received the Cross of Military Merit (Ukraine).[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yevhen Moisiuk appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief". Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Lieutenant General Yevhen Moisiuk". Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "How Donetsk is responding to the military situation". DialogInform (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ "The President of Ukraine issued state awards to the legendary defenders of Donetsk Airport". President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Yevhen Moisiuk Appointed Commander of the DShV". Militarnyi (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ^ "General Mosiuk Dismissed". Militarnyi (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 409/2018". President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 890/2019". President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 14 серпня 2014 year № 651/2014 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 10 жовтня 2015 year № 574/2015 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
  11. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 3 грудня 2021 year № 618/2021 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Збройних Сил України» (in Ukrainian)
  12. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 6 травня 2022 year № 316/2022 «Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України "Хрест бойових заслуг"» (in Ukrainian)

Notes

  1. ^ Sometimes transliterated as Moysyuk in English.
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