Viktor Mykolayovych Muzhenko (; born 10 October 1961)
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and the

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of the

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from 2014 to 2019.

Biography

In 1983 Muzhenko graduated from the

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Higher Military Command School. He then served in the

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in the mechanized and motorized infantry, ending up being a commander of a motorized infantry battalion in Armenia. In 1992 he moved to the

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where he till 2000 served as its commander. In 1996 Muzhenko graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From 2000 till 2003 he was chief of staff - deputy division commander of the Territorial Directorate "North". From April 2003 to July 2004 he served as chief of staff - first deputy commander of a mechanized brigade of Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent of the

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. In 2005 Muzhenko graduated from the Faculty training of operational and strategic levels of the National Defence Academy of Ukraine. In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Corps of

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, a post he held till 2010. In 2010–2012, he served as commander of the 8th Army Corps. On 10 May 2012 Muzhenko was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the

. On 24 August 2012 Muzhenko was awarded the rank of

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. Muzhenko was elected deputy of the

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Council for the

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, but left the party in February 2014. 20 May 2014 decree of the Acting President

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appointed him first deputy head of the counterterrorist center at the

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. Muzhenko was appointed

by president

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on 3 July 2014.Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory

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(3 July 2014)President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces

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and a

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and was staying at a hospital (he had been wounded while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbas). Muzhenko had also entered into combat in the

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region during the same operation.

Awards and decorations

* Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class (4 July 2016).Decree of the President of Ukraine from 4 липня 2016 year № 293/201
«Про відзначення державними нагородами України»
* Medal For military service to Ukraine ribbon

Medal For military service to Ukraine ribbon

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(2004) *

Medal For irreproachable service 3rd Class Ukraine ribbon

Medal "For Irreproachable Service" * Defender of the Motherland Medal *

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Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" () was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on January 28, 1988 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the seventieth anni ...

Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"

References

External links

Profile
at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence {{DEFAULTSORT:Muzhenko, Viktor 1961 births Living people People from Zhytomyr Oblast Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Soviet Army officers Generals of the Army (Ukraine) Recipients of the Order of Danylo Halytsky Party of Regions politicians Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine) Ukrainian military personnel of the Iraq War Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class