Oleh Apostol

Oleh Orestovych Apostol (, born 17 April 1987) is a Ukrainian Air Assault Forces brigadier general. He has been the commander of the Air Assault Forces since 2025.

Biography He was born on 17 April 1987 in Ivano-Frankivsk.

In 2008, he graduated from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, specialising in "combat application and management of airborne troops".

In 2014, he took part in the combat in eastern Ukraine. Together with other soldiers, he entered Mykolaivka in Donetsk Oblast four times and carried out assault operations on the fortified areas of the Russian occupiers. At that time, the military drew fire upon themselves in order to reveal the enemy's firing positions and destroy them with heavy fire. On 5 July 2014, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree for the liberation of Sloviansk and other settlements.

Аt the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Apostol commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 80th Air Assault Brigade. During 26–27 February, he led a company out of encirclement at Kherson, and in March, he led the defense of the city of Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv region. Later, a dozen settlements in the Mykolaiv region were recaptured under Apostol's command, and a Russian breakthrough near Snihurivka and was prevented. Apostol oversaw an assault by 95th Brigade units towards Kreminna, which fell short of the city because only two of the brigade's four battalions were available for the advance. Apostol's units then shifted to the defense of Ukrainian positions on the Kreminna front.

Higher commands (2024–present) On 29 November 2024, he was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 3 June 2025, he was appointed commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, replacing Major General Ihor Skybiuk.

In February 2026, Apostol was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

Award Hero of Ukraine (18 February 2024) Cross of Military Merit (14 October 2022) Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1st class (4 June 2022) Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2nd class (14 March 2022) Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class (5 July 2014)