Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Sak ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Сак) is a Ukrainian soldier, lieutenant colonel, and the former commander of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the

Armed Forces of Ukraine , imports = , exports = , history = , ranks = Military ranks of Ukraine , country=Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known ...

until 16 September 2023 when he was replaced by Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii. In 2023, he was included in ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30: Creators of the Future rating.

Biography

Graduated from the Zakarpattia Regional Boarding Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training, Faculty of Combat Use of Troops of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy (2015). After graduation, he began his service in the 93rd Mechanized Brigade " Kholodnyi Yar". Participated in combat in the ATO/JFO area. In the summer of 2015, he became a company commander, and in 2019 — the commander of the 3rd Battalion. He was wounded three times. During the full-scale Russian invasion, he was the commander of a mechanized battalion that engaged in combat with the enemy's battalion tactical group and won thanks to a rational approach to combat and non-standard tactics. In 2022, he was appointed commander of the newly created 47th Mechanized Brigade. On 16 September 2023, he was sacked and replaced Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii who had previously commanded the 112th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces of the city of Kyiv since 2022.

Awards

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( uk, Орден Богдана Хмельницького, Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was establi ...

i, 1st class (8 August 2022) *

i, 2nd class (7 March 2022) *

i, 3rd class (4 February 2016) * Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine * Medal " Defender of the Fatherland" (27 October 2016)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 27 October 2016 year № 476/2016
Про відзначення державними нагородами України
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sak, Oleksandr Living people Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine Ukrainian military personnel of the Russo-Ukrainian War Year of birth missing (living people)