Oleksiy Shandar
Oleksiy Shandar | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Олексій Михайлович Шандар |
| Born | Oleksiy Mykhailovych Shandar 5 February 1973 |
| Allegiance | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands | Operational Command North |
| Conflicts | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Oleksiy Mykhailovych Shandar (Ukrainian: Олексій Михайлович Шандар; born on 5 February 1973), is a Ukrainian army officer who is currently the Commander of the Operational Command North since 12 March 2025.[1]
He had been the first deputy commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, had was the commander of the 79th separate airmobile brigade, Mykolaiv from 2012 to 2016.
Biography
Oleksiy Shandar was born in Cherkasy on 5 February 1973.
During the Russian invasion of Crimea, he was with the brigade in Chongar.
Yuriy Biryukov was unjustly accused of involvement in the shooting near Zelenopilly, and for 2 months he sought his return to the post of brigadier general. He took a direct part in combat operations against terrorists in the east of Ukraine, he was wounded on the armor of the commander's armored personnel carrier during an attack on regular Russian troops, a bullet damaged his arm and ribs. Evacuated to the Roziv military hospital, from there at night to Dnipropetrovsk, where the first operation was performed, the next in Kyiv. He was treated in the Zhytomyr Military Hospital.
On 8 September 2014, for personal courage and heroism shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and his loyalty to the military oath during the Russian-Ukrainian war, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree.[2]
On 21 August 2019, he was appointed as the First Deputy Commander of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[3]
On 5 December 2020, he was awarded the rank of brigadier general by decree of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi[4]
On 12 March 2025, Shandar was appointed as the new commander of the Operational Command North, replacing Dmytro Krasilnikov.[5]
References
- ^ "Командувач ОК Північ заявив про своє звільнення". ua.korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №708/2014 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "Заступник начальника Генштабу ЗС України представив особовому складу командування ДШВ нового командувача". Міністерство оборони України. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №544/2020 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in ua). Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Командувач ОК Північ заявив про своє звільнення". ua.korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-03-14.