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Yevhen Moisiuk
Yevhen Moisiuk
Євген Мойсюк
	Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 July 2021
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Post established
Personal details
Born	Yevhen Heorhiyovych Moisiuk; 7 October 1979 (age 45); Chernovtsy, Soviet Union; (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
Alma mater	Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Odesa Military Academy
Awards	Cross of Military Merit (Ukraine); Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2d class; Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class; Order of Danylo Halytsky
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch/service	Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Years of service	2000–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces; Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces; Commander of the 81st Airmobile Brigade; 25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine);
Battles/wars	Kosovo Force; Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom; ; Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas; Russian invasion of Ukraine; ;

Yevhen Heorhiyovych Moisiuk (Ukrainian: Євге́н Гео́ргійович Мойсю́к;^[a] born 7 October 1979) is a Ukrainian three-star general who serves as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 29 July 2021.

Early life and education

Moisiuk was born in the city of Chernovtsy, Ukrainian SSR on 7 October 1979. He graduated from the airmobile faculty of the Odessa Military Academy in 2000.

Career

From 2000 to 2004, Moisiuk commanded a platoon and later a company in the 25th Airborne Brigade. From 2004 to 2005, he served as part of the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq. From 2008 to 2009, he served as part of Kosovo Force.

In 2009, he entered the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine from which he graduated in 2011.^[2]

Russo-Ukrainian War

At the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, in March 2014, he commanded a detachment of the 25th Airborne Brigade, which advanced to the Russian-Ukrainian border. On March 16, a column of the detachment in the Volnovasky district, near the village of Anatolia, reportedly fired upon pro-Russian activists who were obstructing the movement of the convoy to the border, without any conclusive outcome. The column was forced to spend the night in field conditions. The camp of the detachment was set up in a field, on the slope of a stream, in snowy weather. The next day, after negotiations with pro-Russian activists with the participation of local officials, the convoy was permitted to continue its movement in the direction of the Karan railway station.^[3]

From December 3, 2014, he commanded the defense of Donetsk Airport until the premises of the building were fully destroyed. He then commanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to Pisky.^[4]

On September 21, 2019, he was appointed the commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.^[5] On July 21, 2021, he was dismissed from the post.^[6]

However, on July 29, 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[1]