Valentyn Lystopad

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Valentyn Lystopad
Native name
Валентин Листопад
Birth nameValentyn Antonovych Lystopad
Born (1966-10-21) October 21, 1966 (age 59)
AllegianceUkraine Ukraine
BranchFile:Ensign of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg Ukrainian Air Force
RankMajor general
ConflictsRusso-Ukrainian War
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Order of Danylo Halytsky

Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad (Ukrainian: Валентин Антонович Листопад) is a Ukrainian serviceman, Major General, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Biography

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Military pilot.

As of September 2021 – Colonel, Commander of the Operational Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]

As of February 2022 – Colonel, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2]

On 7 August 2022, on the day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he was promoted to the rank of Major General.[3]

A few days after receiving his next rank, his son (also a military pilot) Anton Lystopad was killed during the full-scale Russian invasion.[4]

Awards

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Military ranks

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  • Colonel
  • Brigadier General (28 February 2022)
  • Major General (7 August 2022)

References

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