[3] In 1981 graduated from the M. Frunze Higher Combined-Arms Command School of Kyiv; in 1997 — from the Faculty of Law of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv; in 2005 — Master's program at Kyiv University of Economics and Law; in 2009 — Military Diplomatic Academy, Master of Military Administration.
In 1999, completed a course on the Armed Forces' participation in peacekeeping operations at the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkey (Istanbul), and in 2009 — security course at the Harvard Kennedy School (Harvard University, Boston, USA).
From January 2008 to August 2010 — the Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
[5] Since May 2016 until his death — the President of the Independent Analytical Center for Geopolitical Studies “Borysfen Intel”, created on his initiative in 2012.
[5] On May 28, 2021, Hvozd died after drowning during a scuba diving at a depth of several tens of meters at a resort in Dahab, Egypt, at the age of 62.