Serhiy Shaptala

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Serhiy Shaptala
Сергій Шаптала
Shaptala in 2022
15th Chief of the General Staff
In office 28 July 2021 – 9 February 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded by	Serhiy Korniychuk
Succeeded by	Anatoliy Barhylevych
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-05) 5 February 1973 (age 51) Kostiantynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Education	Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch/service	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1994–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Battle of Debaltseve
Awards	Hero of Ukraine Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Шаптала; born 5 February 1973) is a Ukrainian military officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 2021 until 2024, holding the rank of Lieutenant general.^[1][2]

In 2015, he was awarded Hero of Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko for his command of the 128th Brigade during the Battle of Debaltseve.^[3]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian Il-76,^[4] and shared video footage of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 striking Russian targets.^[5]