Oleksiy Neizhpapa

Oleksiy Neizhpapa
Олексій Неїжпапа
Official portrait, 2020
Personal details
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 49)
Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Branch/serviceUkrainian Naval Forces
Rank Vice admiral
Battles/warsAnnexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Donbas war
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oleksiy Leonidovych Neizhpapa (Ukrainian: Олексій Леонідович Неїжпапа; born 9 October 1975) is a Ukrainian vice admiral and a Commander of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Navy.[1][2] Was a Commander of the 1st Surface Ships Brigade.

Biography

Oleksiy Neizhpapa was born on 9 October 1975 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from Nakhimov Naval Academy in 1997.

From July 2012 to 2015, he served as the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During this period, from 2013 to 2014, Neizhpapa also temporarily served as the head of the Nakhimov Naval Academy.[3]

In January 2015, Neizhpapa became Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Navy and Head of the Combat Training Department, and participated in the war in Donbass.[4]

Appointed Commander of the Ukrainian Navy on 11 June 2020.[1]

Neizhpapa received his promotion to vice admiral two days after the sinking of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's flagship Moskva.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Decree of the President of Ukraine from 11 червня 2020 year № 217/2020 «Про призначення О.Неїжпапи командувачем Військово-Морських Сил Збройних Сил України» (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ "President appointed Oleksiy Neizhpapa Commander of the Ukrainian Navy". Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. ^ "Начальники ЧВВМУ-СВМИ-АВМС | Военная кафедра АВМС им. П. С. Нахимова". 2014-04-07. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  4. ^ "З Криму вивели вже 13 кораблів: сьогодні до Одеси прибув «Кіровоград» : Новини УНІАН". 2014-04-23. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  5. ^ Norman, Greg (2022-04-18). "Ukraine Navy chief promoted by Zelenskyy after sinking of Russian warship: 'Brilliant'". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-06-30.