Serhiy Popko

Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko (, born 13 February 1961 in Kyiv From September 2011 to July 2012 he served as Commander of the 13th Army Corps, which was stationed in the city of Rivne. On 24 August 2012 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. After 2012, he served as Head of the Main Command Center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and as acting commander of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation, both positions of which he did until 2016. He was the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (2016-2019).

In 2017, he was promoted to colonel general. From August 2019 to May 2020 Popko was Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defense.

Kyiv Military Administration On 21 October 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Popko Chief of the Kyiv City Military Administration. Popko’s tenure was accompanied with the Russian armed forces targeting Kyiv with missile attacks.

On 31 December 2024, Popko was dismissed from the Chief position of the Kyiv City Military Administration.

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