On March 16, Volodymyr Zelenskyy President replaced the heads of the General Employees of the Armed Forces.
Major General Andriy Khnatov still held the post of deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The press of the Armed Forces of the General Employee writes that this appointment was appointed “to improve the quality of troops.”
45-year-old Andrey Gnatov-Voyn-Morskaya infantry.
In 2001, he graduated from the Harkiv Institute of Tanks.
From 2016 to 2018, the main staff of the 36th separate brigade of the Navy fleet. From 2018 to 2021, the Commander of the 36th UPS.
Since 2022 – Deputy Commander of the Troops of the Operational Command “South” of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Subsequently, the commander of the direction of Odessa (“Proniere”).
In the spring of 2023, he was appointed to manage the defense of Bakhmut, which was included in the area of responsibility of Hortitsia, from the second month from the moment the battles in the city in Donetsk were exacerbated.
In the first half of 2024, he was the commander of the troops of the eastern command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.
The commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the period of June 24, 2024 – February 26, 2025. During this period, he was also the commander of the operational strategic group of troops of Khortits (Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkiv regions).
Subsequently, he was appointed deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
The name of the brigade general received on June 17, 2022, Major General-August 24, 2024.
It has the order of Bochdan Kkhmelnitsky III. (2020) and the cross of military merits (July 27, 2022).
In May 2024, the decision of the Court of the Russian Federation “Gnats” was “convicted in absentia” for 28 years of imprisonment for “war crimes against civilians”.
Source: Racurs
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