Serhiy Nayev
Serhiy Ivanovych Nayev (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]
Serhiy Nayev | |
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| Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office March 27, 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1973 Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Moscow Higher Military Command School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ukraine |
| Branch/service | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1991–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War, Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, Battle of Kharkiv (2022) |
| Awards | Hero of Ukraine Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Medal For Military Service to Ukraine Defender of the Motherland Medal |
Biography
Serhii Nayev was born on 30 April 1970, 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.[2]
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.[3]
In 2014, he was the head of Sector B during the battles for Donetsk airport.[3]
Serhiy Nayev served in as a commander of Ukraine’s operative command “The East” from 2015 to 2017, and previously as a chief executive officer at “The South” command.[4]
In March 2018 Viktor Muzhenko, the head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, appointed Nayev as his deputy.[5]
On 28 April 2022, he was awarded Hero of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[6]
References
- Наєв Сергій
- Lieutenant General Serhii Nayev was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine
- http://womenua.today/en/sergij-nayev SERHIY NAYEV Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Women's Congress
- Poroshenko appoints new commander of Ukraine’s military in Donbas, Kyiv Post, 18 March 2018
- General Nayev: Ukraine is prepared for a Russia attack, Kyiv Post, 18 January 2019
- "Zelenskyy awarded 214 defenders of Ukraine, 14 of them posthumously". lb.ua. 29 April 2022.
