[2][1] Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Voronchenko held the staff position in General Staff, the position of chief of the Coastal Defense Administration (Ukrainian Navy), and was a commander of a former National Guard of Ukraine regiment that was later transformed into a battalion of Marine Infantry.

Starting in 1998, he served in Crimea on the post of commander of a National Guard regiment.

[5][3] Voronchenko was appointed acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy on 25 April 2016.

[6] And on 3 July 2016 President Petro Poroshenko appointed him as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.

[7] On 11 June 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleksiy Neizhpapa as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.