Andrei Sychevoi

{{Short description|Russian general active in Ukraine in 2022}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Andrei Sychevoi
{{nobold|Андрей Сычевой}}

| image = File:Andrey Sychevoy (2020).jpg

| alt = Andrei Sychevoi in 2020

| caption = Andrei Sychevoi in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|05|16}}

| birth_place = Troitskaya, Krymsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR

| allegiance = {{Flag|Soviet Union}} (to 1991)
{{Flag|Russia}}

| branch = {{Army|Soviet Union}}
{{Army|Russia}}

| serviceyears = 1986{{endash}}present

| rank = 50px Lieutenant General

| commands = {{plainlist|

• 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
• 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
• Western Military District

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| battles = {{tree list}}

• Syrian Civil War
• Russo-Ukrainian War
• Russian invasion of Ukraine

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| awards = {{plainlist|

• 40px Order for Military Merit
• 40px Order of Courage (2)

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Andrei Ivanovich Sychevoi ({{langx|ru|Андрей Иванович Сычевой}}; born 16 May 1969) is a Russian military officer and Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces.

Commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army in February 2022.{{cite web |title=ALONG THE SANCTIONED PERSONS |url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-person/26156/ |access-date=18 October 2023}}

On 20 July 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sergei Shoigu, the Minister of Defence of Russia, appointed Sychevoi commander of Russian forces of the Western Military District,{{Cite web |url= https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/07/20/71504093/ |title=Генералы украинской операции. Минобороны определилось с командующими группировок|date=July 20, 2022|website=fontanka.ru - новости Санкт-Петербурга|access-date=September 11, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913012451/https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/07/20/71504093/ |url-status=live}} replacing Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov, who was removed after the initial phases of the war.{{cite web |title=Ukraine-Niederlagen trotz brutalem Vorgehen – Putin schasst wohl nächsten Top-General |url=https://www.merkur.de/politik/putin-ukraine-krieg-news-russland-armee-verluste-top-general-schurawljow-zr-91636103.html |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720074244/https://www.merkur.de/politik/putin-ukraine-krieg-news-russland-armee-verluste-top-general-schurawljow-zr-91636103.html |url-status=live }} Sychevoi was reportedly dismissed from the post by 4 September 2022.{{cite news |title=Цимбалюк назвал топ-генералов российской армии, которые полетели со своих должностей из-за Украины |first=Dmitry |last=Mironenko |date=5 September 2022 |url= https://daily.dialog.ua/258189_1662360925 |newspaper=Dialog.ua |language=ru |access-date=9 September 2022 |trans-quote=Yesterday, September 4, Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk published a post on his Telegram channel page about Russian generals who were dismissed from service. We are talking about the top generals whom Putin trusted and strongly believed in, starting his "special operation" against Ukraine in February 2022. Against this background, General Andrey Sychevoi stands out, who at one time went through the war in Syria, but during the war in Ukraine he did not cope with the task and was dismissed from the post of commander of the Western Military District. He is 53 years old.}}

In early September 2022, Newsweek speculated that Sychevoi had been captured by Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv.{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Brendan |date=2022-09-09 |title=Top Russian Commander of Invading Army Captured by Ukraine—Report |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sychevoi-capture-commander-1741356 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} However, the individual captured was an unrelated minor Russian officer that had a similar appearance to Sychevoi.

Sychevoi is infamous for refusing any and all media comment, however, Russian milbloggers reported that he was in charge of the defense of the Donetsk Oblast during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive and was sacked of his command on October 1, 2023, for poor performance. Namely losing the villages of Klishchiivka and Andriivka and launching an unsupported and unprepared counterattack on the two villages which also failed.{{cite web |last1=Mappes |first1=Grace |last2=Harward |first2=Christina |last3=Evans |first3=Angelica |last4=Stepanenko |first4=Kateryna |last5=Kagan |first5=Frederick W. |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 2, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-2-2023 |website=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}