Volodymyr Kravchenko
Native name
Володимир Анатолійович Кравченко
Birth nameVoldoymyr Anaotilyovych Kravchenko
BornChernihiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union[1]
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service????-
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldOperational Command North (2017-2019)

Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Анатолійович Кравченко), is a Ukrainian military officer holding the rank of lieutenant general. He is the former commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a position which he held from 2019 to 2021. He had served as the Commander of the Operational Command North from 2017 to 2019.

Biography

Voldoymyr Kravchenko was born in Chernihiv.[1]

Until 2009, he was the commander of the 51st separate mechanized brigade.[2]

From the beginning of the war in Donbas, he headed sector A (Luhansk region), then he led the troops in the ATO and OOS zone.

In 5 December 2014, he became a Major General.[3][4]

Until 2017, he worked as the chief of staff of the operational command "North" of the ground forces.[5]

That same year, Kravchenko was the commander of the Operational Command North.[5]

On 23 August 2018, he was promoted to Lieutenant General.[6][4]

After the ATO changed to the OOS, from May to November 2018 he commanded the Operational Tactical Group "North", which is responsible for the contact line in the Luhansk Oblast and on the Svitlodar arc in the Donetsk Oblast.[5][7]

On 5 August 2019, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Kravechko commander of the Joint Forces Operation.[8][9][10]

On 28 July 2021, he was dismissed from the post of commander of the combined forces.[11]

Family

He is married to his wife, Lyubov Kravchenko,[12] and has two sons, Ihor and Oleksandr.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Декларації: Кравченко Володимир Анатолійович від НАЗК". 2019-08-05. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  2. ↑ Palayevska, Tetyana (2019-08-05). "Зеленський призначив командувачем ООС колишнього командира 51 ОМБр". rayon.in.ua. Район. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №923/2014 Про присвоєння військових звань". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Кравченко Владимир". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. 1 2 3 "Зеленський призначив нового командувача ООС". pravda.com.ua. Українська правда. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №242/2018 Про присвоєння військових звань". Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Президент змінив командувача Операції об'єднаних сил". uprom.info/. Національний промисловий портал. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Зеленський змінив командувача Об'єднаних сил". Radio Svobodoa. Радіо «Свобода». 2019-08-05. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №579/2019". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  10. ↑ "Президент призначив генерал-лейтенанта Володимира Кравченка командувачем Об'єднаних сил". Міністерство оборони України. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  11. ↑ "Указ Президента України №328/2021 Про звільнення В.Кравченка з посади Командувача об'єднаних сил". Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Владимир Кравченко—новый командующий ОС: что о нём известно". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
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