Mykola Oleshchuk

Mykola Oleshchuk
Микола Олещук
Oleshchuk in 2021
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force[1]
In office
9 August 2021 – 30 August 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded bySerhii Drozdov
Succeeded byAnatolii Kryvonozhko
Personal details
Born
Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk

(1972-05-25) 25 May 1972 (age 52)
Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materIvan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Kharkiv National University, Zhytomyr Radio-Technical Institute
AwardsHero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Years of service1993–present
RankLieutenant General (horisontal)
CommandsCommander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Battles/wars

Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Олещук; born 25 May 1972) is a Ukrainian lieutenant general who served as the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force from 2021 to 2024.

  1. ^ "New commanders of Air Assault Forces and Air Force presented". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.