Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk became the new commander of the Ground Forces. Oleksandr Syrskyi held this position before he was appointed the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Oleksandr Pavlyuk was appointed as the new commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine.
Previously, the Ground Forces were commanded by Oleksandr Syrskyi, who was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on February 8 .
Oleksandr Pavlyuk was the first deputy minister of defense. The day before, the government dismissed him from this position, explaining that he was transferring to another one.
What is known about Lieutenant General Pavlyuk
From July 2006 to April 2007, Pavlyuk commanded the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo, and from 2010 to 2015, he commanded the 24th separate mechanized brigade.
As a brigade commander, since March 2014, Pavlyuk took an active part in repelling Russian aggression against Ukraine. The brigade under his command distinguished itself during the liberation of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Siversk and Lysychansk.
In 2015-2017, Pavlyuk was the first deputy commander of the forces of the operational command "West" of the Ground Forces, and from 2017 to 2020 - the commander of the same command.
From 2020 to July 2021, Pavlyuk served as the training commander of the Ground Forces Command, and from July 2021 to March 2022, he served as the commander of the Joint Forces Operation (JOF). After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, Pavlyuk was in charge of the defense in the east of Ukraine.
In March 2022, Pavlyuk was appointed the head of Kyiv OVA. He held this position until May of the same year. As the head of the OVA, he was responsible for ensuring the organization of the defense of Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
From May 2022 to February 2023, Pavlyuk was the deputy commander of the Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi. And from February 2023 to February 10, 2024, he held the position of First Deputy Minister of Defense.
For his contribution to strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, personal courage and heroism, significant contribution to the protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, Pavlyuk was awarded the title of "Hero of Ukraine" with the award of the "Golden Star" order (March 4, 2022). He was also awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III and II degrees and the medal "For Military Service to Ukraine".
