During the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian takeover of Crimea, the War in Donbas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian flag officers have become casualties including killed, captured or wounded.
Name | Rank | Position | Date reported | Status | Notes |
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Serhiy Hayduk | Vice Admiral | Admiral of the Ukrainian Navy | 19 March 2014 | Captured, later released | Captured by pro-Russian forces along 8 other officials. [1] Released after order of the Russian MOD. [2] |
Mykhailo Koval | Colonel General | Ministry of Defense and Commander of Border Troops | 27 June 2014 | Captured, later released | Captured by Russian Airborne Forces and Russian civilians in Crimea. Released one day after. [3] [4] [5] |
Kul'chyts'kyj Serhij Petrovych | Major General [a] | Head of the Combat and Special Training Department of the Main Directorate of the National Guard | 29 May 2014 [7] | Killed | Killed alongside 12 other servicemen when their Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Sloviansk. [8] |
Mykhailo Kutsyn | Lieutenant General | Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | 2 July 2014 | Wounded, relieved from position | Shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass. Dismissed by President Pietr Poroshenko. [9] [10] |
Momot Ihor Fedorovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Deputy Head of the Eastern Regional Office of Security Service of Ukraine | 11 July 2014 [11] | Killed | Killed by a Grad missile attack salvo. [11] |
Radiyevs'kyj Oleksandr Vitalijovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Commander of 21st Separate Public Order Protection | 23 July 2014 [12] | Killed | Ambushed alongside Col. P. Snitsar and a soldier in Lysychansk. [12] |
Isa Munayev |
Brigadier General of Chechen Army [13] |
Commander of Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion | 1 February 2015 | Killed | Killed during the Battle of Debaltseve [14] |
Shapoval Maksym Mykhajlovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Commander of the 10th Separate Special Purpose Unit of GUR | 27 June 2017 [15] | Killed | Killed by a car bombing in Kyiv, Russian attack. [16] See 2017 Kyiv bomb attack |
During the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian takeover of Crimea, the War in Donbas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian flag officers have become casualties including killed, captured or wounded.
Name | Rank | Position | Date reported | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Serhiy Hayduk | Vice Admiral | Admiral of the Ukrainian Navy | 19 March 2014 | Captured, later released | Captured by pro-Russian forces along 8 other officials. [1] Released after order of the Russian MOD. [2] |
Mykhailo Koval | Colonel General | Ministry of Defense and Commander of Border Troops | 27 June 2014 | Captured, later released | Captured by Russian Airborne Forces and Russian civilians in Crimea. Released one day after. [3] [4] [5] |
Kul'chyts'kyj Serhij Petrovych | Major General [a] | Head of the Combat and Special Training Department of the Main Directorate of the National Guard | 29 May 2014 [7] | Killed | Killed alongside 12 other servicemen when their Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Sloviansk. [8] |
Mykhailo Kutsyn | Lieutenant General | Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | 2 July 2014 | Wounded, relieved from position | Shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass. Dismissed by President Pietr Poroshenko. [9] [10] |
Momot Ihor Fedorovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Deputy Head of the Eastern Regional Office of Security Service of Ukraine | 11 July 2014 [11] | Killed | Killed by a Grad missile attack salvo. [11] |
Radiyevs'kyj Oleksandr Vitalijovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Commander of 21st Separate Public Order Protection | 23 July 2014 [12] | Killed | Ambushed alongside Col. P. Snitsar and a soldier in Lysychansk. [12] |
Isa Munayev |
Brigadier General of Chechen Army [13] |
Commander of Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion | 1 February 2015 | Killed | Killed during the Battle of Debaltseve [14] |
Shapoval Maksym Mykhajlovych |
Major General (posthumously) |
Commander of the 10th Separate Special Purpose Unit of GUR | 27 June 2017 [15] | Killed | Killed by a car bombing in Kyiv, Russian attack. [16] See 2017 Kyiv bomb attack |