A member of the European Solidarity party, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) in 2019, but renounced his mandate in March 2023.

All further accomplishments of military tasks were made possible by the education obtained.In the 2014 summer, the 95th Brigade, commanded by Zabrodsky, carried out a raid in the enemy's rear.

[4] On 9 November 2017, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on his Facebook page that Zabrodskyi was appointed to lead the antiterrorist forces (ATO).

After being elected into parliament, Zabrodskyi was succeeded as commander of the Airborne Assault Troops in August 2019 by Major General Yevhen Moisiuk.

[3] On 29 September 2015 Zabrodskyi was registered as the first candidate (leading the list) for a seat in the Zhytomyr Oblast Council, affiliated with the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity".

[14] During his tenure as MVR he was the First Deputy Chairman of the parliament's National Security, Defense, and Intelligence Committee,[15] and a member of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Italian Republic.

[2] According to former (European Solidarity) parliamentary faction colleague Oleksiy Honcharenko Zabrodskyi would be returning to military service.