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Yevhen Heorhiyovych Moisiuk (Ukrainian: Євге́н Гео́ргійович Мойсю́к; 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.
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.
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.
On September 21, 2019, he was appointed the commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. On July 21, 2021, he was dismissed from the post.
However, on July 29, 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Military ranks
- Major general (5 December 2018)
- Lieutenant general (5 December 2019)
Awards
On 14 August 2014 Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class.
On 10 October 2015 Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2d class.
On 2 December 2021 he was awarded the Order of Danylo Halytsky.
On 6 May 2022 he received the Cross of Military Merit (Ukraine).
