Serhiy Shaptala

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Serhiy Shaptala


15th Chief of the General Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office July 28, 2021
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded by	Serhiy Korniychuk

Personal details
Born	(1973-02-05) February 5, 1973 (age 49) Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Education	Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch/service	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1994–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War
Awards	Hero of Ukraine Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala (Ukrainian: Шаптала Сергій Олександрович; born 5 February 1973) is the Ukrainian Chief of the General Staff (since 28 July 2021), holding the rank of Lieutenant general.^[1]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian IL-76,^[2] and shared video footage of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 striking Russian targets.^[3]

References[edit]

^ https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/ministry-of-defence-leader/lieutenant-general-serhii-shaptala.html
^ Cannon, Matt; Kuklychev, Yevgeny; Giella, Lauren; Backus, Alex; Strozewski, Zoe; Chapman, ORhonde; McKnight, Patricia; Klawans, Justin; Villarreal, Daniel; Brugen, Isabel van; Colarossi, Natalie (February 24, 2022). "Ukraine-Russia: Kyiv near 'catastrophe,' Berdyansk falls, UN session called". Newsweek.
^ "How Ukraine Is Using Drones Against Russia". Council on Foreign Relations.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

General	Timeline Control of cities Legality Map Order of battle Peace negotiations Proposed no-fly zone Weapons
Prelude	Reactions Disinformation Ukraine cyberattacks Evacuation of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR Putin's Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR recognition speech Putin's pre-invasion speech
Background	Annexation of Crimea reactions War in Donbas Minsk agreements humanitarian situation international recognition of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR Russia–Ukraine relations Belarus–Ukraine relations Ukraine–NATO relations Enlargement of NATO

Military
engagements

Southern Ukraine	Snake Island Kherson Melitopol Mykolaiv Berdiansk Zaporizhzhia Siege of Enerhodar Battles at Voznesensk
Eastern Ukraine	Siege of Mariupol Volnovakha Tokmak Horlivka offensive Sievierodonetsk
Kyiv	Antonov Airport Chernobyl Ivankiv Kyiv Vasylkiv Irpin Bucha Brovary
Northeastern Ukraine	Kharkiv Konotop Sumy Siege of Chernihiv Shostka Okhtyrka
Airstrikes at military targets	Chuhuiv air base attack Millerovo air base attack Yavoriv military base attack Kherson airport airstrike Mykolaiv military barracks airstrike Sumykhimprom chemical plant ammonia leak Orsk landing ship airstrike

War crimes

Attacks on civilians	Zhytomyr attacks Chernihiv bombing Irpin refugee column shelling Mariupol hospital airstrike Mykolaiv cluster bombing Donetsk bombing Chernihiv breadline massacre Mariupol theatre airstrike Mariupol art school bombing
Other	Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Legal proceedings	ICC investigation ICJ court case

Reactions

States

Pro-Ukraine	Sanctions people and organizations Foreign aid Homes for Ukraine Operation Ganga International Legion 200rf.com American response Task Force KleptoCapture Renamed streets Ukraine Square, Oslo
Pro-Russia	Belarusian involvement Chechen involvement Moscow rally Russian fake news law Mark Bernstein
Others	Chinese response The Great Translation Movement [zh]

Public

Protests	In Ukraine "Glory to Ukraine" Russian-occupied territories In Belarus In Russia Anti-War Committee Feminist Anti-War Resistance Marina Ovsyannikova "No to war!" White-blue-white flag In India
Other	Address of the Russian Union of Rectors Boycott of Russia and Belarus corporate responses "Do not buy Russian goods!" IT Army of Ukraine Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion peacenotwar malware Open-source intelligence Open letter from Nobel laureates [ja; ru; uk] Roskomnadzor leak Russian Asset Tracker Wagner Group Ukraine biolabs conspiracy theory

United Nations

Impact

Effects	Casualties journalists killed Russian generals killed Economic impact Impact on women Impact on nuclear power plants Impact on Ukrainian cultural heritage Ship losses Aircraft losses U-24 association
Human rights	Ukrainian refugee crisis HRC Commission of Inquiry
Popular culture	"Back to the Cold War" "Bayraktar" Ghost of Kyiv "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" "Slava Ukraini!" (song) "Where have you been for eight years?" "Z" military symbol

Key people

Ukrainians	Volodymyr Zelenskyy Denys Shmyhal Oleksii Reznikov Valerii Zaluzhnyi Denys Monastyrsky Oleksiy Danilov Serhiy Shaptala Ruslan Khomchak Oleksandr Syrskyi Vitali Klitschko Sergiy Kyslytsya
Russians	Vladimir Putin Mikhail Mishustin Sergei Shoigu Valery Gerasimov Alexander Bortnikov Nikolai Patrushev Sergey Naryshkin Ramzan Kadyrov Sergey Lavrov
Others	Alexander Lukashenko Denis Pushilin Leonid Pasechnik

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