He has been the commander of the Air Assault Forces since 2023, and a recipient of the title Hero of Ukraine and the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

Skybiuk was born on 10 October 1976 in Konotop, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

He is a graduate of the Odesa Institute of the Ground Forces and the National Defense Academy of Ukraine.

[1] He served in the 80th Separate Airmobile Brigade from 1998[1] and participated in the Donbass War since 2014.

[2] In 2022 he became the commander of the 80th Air Assault Brigade and led it during the Kharkiv counteroffensive later that year, for which he was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.