Serhii Ivanovych Naiev ( uk, 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
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
from December 2016.
Biography
Serhii Naiev was born on 30 April 1970, in
Mohyliv-Podilskyi
Mohyliv-Podilskyi (, , , ) is a city in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion of the Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, Mohyliv-Podilskyi is incorporated as a town of regional significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv ...
,
Vinnytsia oblast
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.
From 1987 to 1991, he studied at the
Moscow Higher Military Command School
The Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School ''"Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR"'' (abbreviated to MVOKU) is a higher military educational institution of the Russian Armed Forces.
History
The school was formed in December 15, 1917 (O.S., December ...
, after which he obtained the military rank of
lieutenant
A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations.
The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
.
From 1991 to 1993 he served as a commander of the
motorized infantry
Motorized infantry is infantry that is transported by trucks or other motor vehicles. It is distinguished from mechanized infantry, which is carried in armoured personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, and from light infantry, which ca ...
platoon
A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads, sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the branch, but a platoon can be composed of 50 people, although specific platoons may rang ...
in one of the units of the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
The Western Group of Forces (WGF),. previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG). and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG),. were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. The Group of Soviet Occupat ...
.
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Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Women's Congress]
In 2014, he was the head of Sector B during the
battles for Donetsk airport.
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.
In March 2018
Viktor Muzhenko, the head of the
General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України) is the military staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is the central organ of the Armed Forces Administration and o ...
, appointed Naiev as his deputy.
From March 16, 2018 to May 6, 2019, he was the сommander of the Joint Forces of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine. From March 27, 2020 he was reinstated in this position.
Awards
* On 28 April 2022, he was made a
Hero of Ukraine
Hero of Ukraine (HOU; uk, Герой України, ''Heroi Ukrainy'') is the highest national title that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the President of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as ...
by President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...
.
*
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (May 3, 2019)
References
1970 births
Living people
People from Mohyliv-Podilskyi
Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
Lieutenant generals of Ukraine
Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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