Mykola Oleshchuk

Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Олещук; born 25 May 1972) is a Ukrainian three-star general who has served as the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force since 9 August 2021.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mykolaiovych and the family name is Oleshchuk.

Mykola Oleshchuk
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force[1]
Assumed office
9 August 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded bySerhii Drozdov
Personal details
Born
Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk

(1972-05-25) 25 May 1972
Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materIvan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Kharkiv National University, Zhytomyr Radio-Technical Institute
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Years of service1993–present
RankLieutenant General (horisontal)
CommandsCommander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Battles/wars

Biography

He was born in Lutsk on 25 May 1972.

He graduated from the Zhytomyr Radio-Technical Institute in 1994. In 2004, he graduated from Kharkiv National University with distinction and in 2010, he graduated from the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine. During his service in the Ukrainian Air Force, he specialized on the S-300 missile system.[2]

He was appointed commander of the Ukrainian Air Force on 9 August 2021.[1]

On 14 October 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general.[3]

References
  1. "New commanders of Air Assault Forces and Air Force presented". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. "Mykola Oleschuk". Ministry of Defence (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 537/2021". President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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