[4][5] Pivnenko graduated from the Kryvyi Rih Lyceum with enhanced physical training, the Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops, and the National Defense University of Ukraine (operational and tactical level).

[4] He served in the Omega Special Forces Detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine in Kyiv.

[6] On 2018, Pivnenko joined the Eastern Territorial Directorate of the NGU, and actively took part in the War in Donbas.

[4] On July 8, 2023, Pivnenko was appointed Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

[1][8][9][10] On July 10, he was introduced by Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, to the National Guard's command staff.