Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala ( uk, Шаптала Сергій Олександрович; born 5 February 1973) is the Ukrainian
Chief of the General Staff (since 28 July 2021), holding the rank of
Lieutenant general.
In 2015, he was awarded
Hero of Ukraine by President
Petro Poroshenko for his command of the
128th Brigade during the
Battle of Debaltseve
The Battle of Debaltseve was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Force ...
.
During the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian
Il-76, and shared video footage of a Ukrainian
Bayraktar TB2
The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. It is manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş ...
striking Russian targets.
References
1973 births
Living people
People from Cherkasy Oblast
Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine)
Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
Lieutenant generals of Ukraine
Ukrainian military personnel of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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