Oleksandr Tarnavskyi

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Heorhiiovych and the family name is Tarnavskyi.
Oleksandr Tarnavskyi
Олександр Тарнавський
Born (1970-05-12) May 12, 1970 (age 54)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
AllegianceUkraine
Service / branchUkrainian Ground Forces
RankBrigadier general
Commands2024 – until now Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Training Command.
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, I class Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, II class Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III class

Oleksandr Heorhiiovych Tarnavskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Георгійович Тарнавський; born 12 May 1970) is a Ukrainian military officer and brigadier general who rose to prominence during the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to his leading role during the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in 2022 and 2023.[1] He is the former Commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group[2] and the former Commander of the Sloboda operational-strategic group. He is also a Knight of all degrees of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

  1. ^ Свобода, Радіо (2023-08-12). "Контрнаступ на півдні: Тарнавський заявив про «відбиті території» на Таврійському напрямку". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ^ "Таврійський напрямок. Окупанти втратили вертоліт Ка-52 та понад чотири роти солдатів". ua.news (in Ukrainian). 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-09-03.