Serhii Naiev
Serhii Ivanovych Naiev (; born 30 April 1970) is the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (since 27 March 2020), holding the rank of Lieutenant general from December 2016. Biography 
Serhii Naiev was born on 30 April 1970, in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Vinnytsia oblast. From 1987 to 1991, he studied at the Moscow Higher Military Command School, after which he obtained the military rank of lieutenant. From 1991 to 1993 he served as a commander of the motorized infantry platoon in one of the units of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In 2014, he was the head of Sector B during the battles for Donetsk airport. Serhii Naiev served in as a commander of Operational Command East from 2015 to 2017, and previously as a chief executive officer at Operational Command South. In March 2018 Viktor Muzhenko, the head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, appointed Naiev as his deputy. From March 16, 2018 to May 6, 2019, he was the сommander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From March 27, 2020 he was reinstated in this position. Awards 

 On 28 April 2022, he was made a Hero of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (May 3, 2019)

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1970 births
Living people
People from Mohyliv-Podilskyi
Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
Lieutenant generals of Ukraine
Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine