[3] He served as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since July 29 2021 to February 11 2024.

[2] At the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, in March 2014, he commanded a detachment of the 25th Airborne Brigade, which advanced to the Russian-Ukrainian border.

On March 16, a column of the detachment in the Volnovasky district, near the village of Anatolia, reportedly fired upon pro-Russian activists who were obstructing the movement of the convoy to the border, without any conclusive outcome.

The next day, after negotiations with pro-Russian activists with the participation of local officials, the convoy was permitted to continue its movement in the direction of the Karan railway station.

[4] From December 3, 2014, he commanded the defense of Donetsk Airport until the premises of the building were fully destroyed.