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| Brigade commanders have been replaced in three Ukrainian brigades |
| 2025-02-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] Journalists reported on the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade and the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade. The brigade commanders of three brigades fighting in the Kurakhiv direction of Donetsk Oblast were replaced in January. This was reported on Tuesday, February 18, by the Suspilne and Ukrayinska Pravda publications, citing their sources. We are talking about the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade and the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade. Colonel Dmytro Palisa became the commander of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade. He replaced Colonel Yuriy Gupalyuk, who led the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade in 2024. Previously, Palisa served as deputy battalion commander of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky. He was one of the youngest battalion commanders in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He participated in the battles for Liman in the Donetsk region, as well as in the counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region as part of the fourth special forces detachment of the 71st Separate Ranger Brigade of the Air Assault Forces. He is the brother of the deputy head of the presidential office, Pavlo Palisa. In 2023-2024, he headed the 93rd Kholodny Yar Brigade. Palisa has participated in military operations in the Donetsk region since 2014. Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Kapitula became the brigade commander of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was the commander of one of the battalions of the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kapitula replaced Colonel Vitaly Zolotarev, who was dismissed at the end of January 2024. Colonel Alexey Bulakhov headed the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mikhail Ostrogradsky. In early January, the brigade commander Sergei Oleynik, who arrived in the middle of the operation in Krynki, was removed from the brigade. Kirill Orlyuk was appointed in his place; he lasted three weeks, after which he was replaced by Bulakhov, one of the defenders of Mariupol. He was released from captivity in September 2022. |
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