Vyacheslav Shapovalov

Vyacheslav Shapovalov (born 20 June 1969) is a Ukrainian government official. He was the deputy defense minister of Ukraine (2021–2023).

Early life Shapovalov was born on 20 June 1969 within the city of Kharkiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. After graduating secondary school, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces, before working as an airfield worker for the Kharkiv Aviation Unit of the Ukrainian Civil Aviation Administration and later as a flight attendant stationed in Minsk National Airport. In February 2023, the SBU issued formal suspicions for Shapovalov and procurement director Bohdan Khmelnytsky under Article 191(5) and Article 114-1, and they were held in pre-trial detention. Subsequently, he resigned from the post later that month in January 2023, although he called the allegations "baseless and unfounded."