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Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk (; born 25 May 1972) is a Ukrainian
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
who served as the
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of the
Ukrainian Air Force The Ukrainian Air Force (, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the eight Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU). Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces into the Air Fo ...
from 2021 to 2024.


Biography

He was born in
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on 25 May 1972. He graduated from the in 1994. In 2004, he graduated from
Kharkiv National University The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second olde ...
with distinction and in 2010, he graduated from the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine. During his service in the Ukrainian Air Force, he specialized on the
S-300 missile system The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the former Soviet Union. It was produced by NPO Almaz for the Soviet Air Defence Forces to defend against air raids and cruise ...
. He was appointed commander of the
Ukrainian Air Force The Ukrainian Air Force (, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the eight Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU). Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces into the Air Fo ...
on 9 August 2021. On 14 October 2021, he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
. On 30 August 2024, he was fired by President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukraini ...
a day after it was announced that an
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had crashed on 26 August. He was replaced by
Anatolii Kryvonozhko Anatolii Mykolaiovych Kryvonozhko (; born 23 July 1965) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant general serving as, acting Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine), Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine since 30 August 2024. He started his career as a Mi-8 and M ...
.


Awards

On 26 April 2022, Oleshchuk was awarded the third class
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky () is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was established on May 3, 1995 by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversar ...
. On 14 October 2022, Oleshchuk was awarded the title of
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by President of Ukraine.Decree of the President of Ukraine from 14 жовтня 2022 year № 715/202
«Про присвоєння М.Олещуку звання Герой України»


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oleshchuk, Mykola Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine alumni 1972 births Living people Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Air force generals Lieutenant generals of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class