President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the rank of Major General to two Brigadier Generals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is stated in the relevant decrees on the President's website, reports UNN.
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This refers to the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Hennadiy Shapovalov, and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yevhen Ostryanskyi.
Additionally
Hennadiy Shapovalov has been the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2025. Prior to that, he was the commander of the "South" operational command, the "Tavria" operational-strategic group of troops, and the commander of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade, which later became the 59th separate assault brigade of unmanned systems named after Yakiv Handziuk.
Recall
On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the title of hero cities to 16 cities. They are located in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Khmelnytskyi regions.