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A new commander of OK South was appointed

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Brigadier General Gennady Shapovalov commanded a separate motorized infantry brigade named Yakov Handzyuk.

Brigadier General Gennady Shapovalov was appointed as the new commander of Operational Command South. He was introduced to the staff, OK South reported on Facebook on Tuesday, April 16.

It is indicated that Shapovalov was introduced to the staff of the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlyuk.

Shapovalov himself said that he accepted the new position with great gratitude for the powerful work of Andrei Kovalchuk, who was the former commander of OK South.

“The tasks we face require the participation of energy, experience, creativity and inspiration, but I am confident in our ability to work fruitfully and achieve our goals. With the joint work of a well-coordinated team, we will achieve great results, ” noted the general.

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Andrey Shapovalov was born in 1978 in the Kirovograd region. In 2000 he graduated from the Institute of Tank Forces at Kharkov State Polytechnic University with honors, and in 2012 – the Command and Staff Institute for the Use of Troops of the National Defense University of Ukraine.
He went through all stages of his military career from the commander of a tank platoon to the commander of a separate motorized infantry brigade named Yakov Handzyuk and in 2022 received the rank of brigadier general.
Shapovalov also graduated from the US Army War College, where senior officers of the American Ground Forces are trained.

Let’s recall that on April 12, the commander of the OK South troops, Major General Andrei Kovalchuk, announced his resignation. He was appointed the new head of the Odessa Military Academy.

And a day before it became known that OK West also received a new commander.

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Source: korrespondent

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