The forces of the anti-terrorist operation received a new commander - they became Hero of Ukraine Mikhail Zabrodsky.
Lieutenant-General Mikhail Zabrodsky, commander of the landing and assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, became the new commander of the ATU forces. This was told LIGA.net by the Defense Ministry on ATO issues Andrei Lysenko, «СЛАВА УКРАИНЕ»МБФ. reports.
Answering the question, what is the purpose of Zabrodsky, the colonel specified: "Scheduled rotation."
Previously, the post of the commander of the ATU forces was occupied by Lieutenant-General Alexander Lokota, first deputy commander of the Land Forces of the All-Union Armed Forces.
According to the publication, two brigades of the SShV - the 25th airborne assault landing and the 79th air assault landing force - entered the Donbass to the line of delineation.
Lysenko also clarified that now there are only two directions in the ATU zone. "There has been reformatting," he said.
From now on, the Donetsk direction of the front is divided between two flanking sectors - Lugansk and Mariupol.
Mikhail Zabrodsky - Hero of Ukraine, a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war from its first days. Commanded the 95th Airmobile Brigade.
Place of birth, education. He was born on January 24, 1973 in Dnepropetrovsk, in a family of hereditary soldiers. He graduated from the Military Engineering and Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky (St. Petersburg). He graduated from the College of the Army Command and the Joint Command of Chiefs of Staff in the United States. Fluent in English.
Career. After graduating from the Military Engineering and Space Academy for five years, he was on military service under a contract in the Russian Federation. After returning to Ukraine, he began his service in the 95th separate airmobile brigade.
In 2009, Mikhail Zabrodsky with the rank of lieutenant-colonel was chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 95th separate airmobile brigade.
In autumn 2009 he was appointed commander of the Ukrainian contingent, which is part of the Ukrainian-Polish peacekeeping battalion (UkrPolbat) in Kosovo, which was based on the 95th separate airmobile brigade of the 8th Army Corps of the Land Forces of Ukraine.
In January 2013, Mikhail Zabrodsky was appointed commander of the 95th separate airmobile brigade (the city of Zhitomir).
Since the spring of 2014, Zabrodsky participated in an anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. During the ATO, the 95th airborne brigade commanded by Zabrodsky carried out the task of blocking the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, seized and retained an important stronghold - Mount Karachun.
In the summer of 2014, the 95th Brigade under his command raided the enemy's rear. For two weeks, performing combat missions, the Zabrodsky brigade was 470 km from Slavyansk to Mariupol, then along the Russian-Ukrainian border, and through Lugansk returned to Slavyansk. According to the American expert Philippe Karber (Phillip A. Karber) this was the longest raid of an armed formation in the latest military history.
In March 2015 - appointed commander of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine.
June 3-4, 2015, Mikhail Zabrodsky commanded the Ukrainian forces during the battle for Maryinka.
In November 2017, Mikhail Zabrodsky was appointed commander of the ATU forces.
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