Serhii Naiev

Serhii Ivanovych Naiev (Ukrainian: Наєв Сергій Іванович; born 30 April 1970) is the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (since 27 March 2020), holding the rank of Lieutenant general from December 2016.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Naiev.
Serhii Naiev
Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Assumed office
March 27, 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Personal details
Born (1970-04-30) April 30, 1970
Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
EducationMoscow Higher Military Command School
Military service
Allegiance Ukraine
Branch/serviceUkrainian Ground Forces
Years of service1991–present
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War, Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, Battle of Kharkiv (2022)
AwardsHero of Ukraine
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
Defender of the Motherland Medal

Biography

Serhii Naiev was born on 30 April 1970,[2] in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Vinnytsia oblast.

From 1987 to 1991, he studied at the Moscow Higher Military Command School, after which he obtained the military rank of lieutenant.[3]

From 1991 to 1993 he served as a commander of the motorized infantry platoon in one of the units of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[4]

In 2014, he was the head of Sector B during the battles for Donetsk airport.[4]

Serhii Naiev served in as a commander of Operational Command East from 2015 to 2017, and previously as a chief executive officer at Operational Command South.[5]

In March 2018 Viktor Muzhenko, the head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, appointed Naiev as his deputy.[6]

From March 16, 2018 to May 6, 2019, he was the сommander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[7] From March 27, 2020 he was reinstated in this position.[8]

Awards

References
  1. Наєв Сергій
  2. "Объединенные силы на востоке Украины возглавил бывший командир одесской мехбригады". dumskaya.net. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. Lieutenant General Serhii Nayev was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine
  4. http://womenua.today/en/sergij-nayev SERHIY NAYEV Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Women's Congress
  5. Poroshenko appoints new commander of Ukraine’s military in Donbas, Kyiv Post, 18 March 2018
  6. General Nayev: Ukraine is prepared for a Russia attack, Kyiv Post, 18 January 2019
  7. Порошенко призначив командувача об'єднаних сил /Укрінформ, 16.3.2018/
  8. Указ Президента України № 127/2020 від 27 березня 2020 року
  9. "Zelenskyy awarded 214 defenders of Ukraine, 14 of them posthumously". lb.ua. 29 April 2022.
  10. "Про відзначення державними нагородами України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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