Vasyl Osypchuk
Native name
Василь Миколайович Осипчук
Birth nameVasyl Mykolayovych Osypchuk
Born1969 (age 53–54)[1]
Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service????-
RankMajor general
Commands heldOperational Command North (2019 acting)

Major General Vasyl Mykolayovych Osypchuk (Ukrainian: Василь Миколайович Осипчук; born in 1969), is a Ukrainian army officer who had been the acting commander of the Operational Command North in 2019.

He had also been the deputy commander of the forces of the Operational Command North of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War. He is currently ranked as a Major General.[2]

Biography

Vasyl Osypchuk was born in 1969.[3]

He graduated from a military school back in the Soviet Union.[4]

After the annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in the Donbas, he volunteered for the Military Commissariat and later headed the 10th Territorial Defense Battalion in the Zhytomyr Oblast.[5]

In his interview, he view on the entire war changed after the Euromaidan, implying that "the army as such was almost gone, people with acquaintances were growing in positions. In order to have a career, you had to earn a living. I didn't want that."[6]

In mid-July 2014, Osypchuk and his unit went to defend the demarcation line with Crimea in the Kherson Oblast. And in the winter of 2015, he found himself in the ATO zone. Subsequently, in the same year, the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade was formed on the base of the battalion, led by Osypchuk.[7]

On 7 July 2018, Osypchuk was the deputy commander of the Operational Command North of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[8]

On 3 May 2019, by presidential decree, Osypchuk was promoted to major general of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[9]

From August to December 2019, he was the acting commander of the Operational Command North.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Тема Осипчук Василь Миколайович (1969) – український військовий, полковник Збройних сил України". web.archive.org. 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Урочистості з нагоди Дня Захисника України в оперативному командуванні "Північ": нагородили кращих, вшанували полеглих". Новинний портал "Північ" Огляд військових новин, військово-політичних подій в Україні та світі, новини озброєння та технологій, оснащення та екіпірування. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  3. ↑ "Тема Осипчук Василь Миколайович (1969) – український військовий, полковник Збройних сил України". web.archive.org. 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Василь Осипчук | politinfo" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Бійці 10 БТРО Житомирщини: допомога Володимира Пехова для нас дуже важлива і суттєва". www.zhitomir.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  6. ↑ "Бійці 10 БТРО Житомирщини: допомога Володимира Пехова для нас дуже важлива і суттєва". www.zhitomir.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  7. ↑ "Василь Осипчук | politinfo" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Солдат і немовля: Порошенко виклав зворушливе фото із зустрічі 30-ї бригади в Новограді". Новинарня (in Ukrainian). 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Про присвоєння військових звань". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  10. ↑ "На Чернігівщині пройшли тактичні навчання з бойовою стрільбою". Міністерство оборони України. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  11. ↑ "Ми пишаємося вами! – військових в Чернігові привітали з професійним святом – АрміяInform". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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