Oleksiy Neizhpapa Explained

Oleksiy Neizhpapa
Birth Date:1975 10, df=y
Birth Place:Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Allegiance:Ukraine
Branch:Ukrainian Naval Forces
Battles:Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Donbas war
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Rank: Vice admiral
Native Name Lang:uk

Oleksiy Leonidovych Neizhpapa (uk|Олексій Леонідович Неїжпапа; born 9 October 1975) is a Ukrainian vice admiral and a Commander of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Navy.[1] [2] Was a Commander of the 1st Surface Ships Brigade.

Biography

Oleksiy Neizhpapa was born on 9 October 1975 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from Nakhimov Naval Academy in 1997.

From July 2012 to 2015, he served as the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During this period, from 2013 to 2014, Neizhpapa also temporarily served as the head of the Nakhimov Naval Academy.[3]

In January 2015, Neizhpapa became Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Navy and Head of the Combat Training Department, and participated in the war in Donbass.[4]

Appointed Commander of the Ukrainian Navy on 11 June 2020.

Neizhpapa received his promotion to vice admiral two days after the sinking of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's flagship Moskva.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 11 червня 2020 year № 217/2020 «Про призначення О.Неїжпапи командувачем Військово-Морських Сил Збройних Сил України»
  2. Web site: President appointed Oleksiy Neizhpapa Commander of the Ukrainian Navy. 2023-08-18.
  3. Web site: 2014-04-07 . Начальники ЧВВМУ-СВМИ-АВМС Военная кафедра АВМС им. П. С. Нахимова . 2024-12-02 . web.archive.org.
  4. Web site: 2014-04-23 . З Криму вивели вже 13 кораблів: сьогодні до Одеси прибув «Кіровоград» : Новини УНІАН . 2024-12-02 . web.archive.org.
  5. Web site: Norman . Greg . 2022-04-18 . Ukraine Navy chief promoted by Zelenskyy after sinking of Russian warship: 'Brilliant' . 2022-06-30 . Fox News . en-US.