the commander of the 2^nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces

In the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine uses the undercover name: MORHUN Yevhen Valeriyovych.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine:

the deputy commander of the 58^th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces (Vladykavkaz).

Year of birth: 1970.

Education:

Kolomen Higher Artillery Command School – in 1991;

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 2005;

Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 2012.

Military service at the commanding positions:

1991 – 2002 – commander of the artillery platoon, antitank battery, artillery battalion EO, commander of the paratrooper battalion of the 83^rd separate air assault brigade (Ussurijsk, Prymorskyi krai) of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2005 – 2010 – commander of the 83^rd separate air assault brigade of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2012 – 2014– deputy commander of the 58^th Army (Vladykavkaz) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

Combat experience: participant of the Chechen campaigns of 1995 and 2000.

Additional information:

the rank of "Major General" was awarded by the Decree of the Russian President No.468 from 08.05.2013.