Serhiy Popko
{{Short description|Ukrainian military general (born 1961)}}{{Infobox military person
| name = Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko
| native_name = Сергі́й Микола́йович Попко́
| image = File:Popko new gen ukr.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|02|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kiev,Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| allegiance = {{USSR}}
{{UKR}}
| rank = Colonel general
| commands = Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
the Chief position of the Kyiv City Military Administration
| alma_mater = Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School
}}
Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko ({{Langx|uk| Сергі́й Микола́йович Попко́}}, born 13 February 1961{{in lang|uk}} [https://lb.ua/file/person/5281_popko_sergiy_mikolayovich.html Small biography of Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko], {{ill|Lb.ua|uk|Lb.ua}} (access date: 19 November 2023) in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian military general.
Biography
Previously, Popko was the commanding officer of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation.{{Cite web|url=http://politrada.com/dossier/Sergey-Nikolaevich-Popko/|title=Сергей Николаевич Попко|website=politrada.com|access-date=2017-11-24}} He is a graduate of the Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School. In 2017, he was promoted to colonel general.{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4042017-23186|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190401233327/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4042017-23186|archive-date = 2019-04-01|title = Указ Президента України №404/2017}}
He was the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (2016-2019).{{Cite news|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/ministry/kerivnicztvo/kerivnicztvo-vidiv-zsu/eneral-lejtenant-popko-sergij-mikolajovich.html|title=генерал-лейтенант Попко Сергій Миколайович|work=Міністерство оборони України|access-date=2017-11-24}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2016/03/28/president-petro-poroshenko-appoints-new-commander-of-land-forces-of-ukrainian-armed-forces/|title=President Petro Poroshenko appoints new Commander of Land Forces of Ukrainian Armed Forces|work=Ministry of Defence of Ukraine|access-date=2017-11-24}}
From August 2019 to May 2020 Popko was Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defense.
On 21 October 2022 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Popko Chief of the Kyiv City Military Administration.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/19/russia-ukraine-war-live-wave-of-drone-attacks-on-kyiv-for-second-night?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-65599eda8f08086ee9de3e34#block-65599eda8f08086ee9de3e34|title=Drones attacked Kyiv in waves, says head of capital's military administration|work=The Guardian|date=2023-11-19|access-date=2023-11-19}} Popko’s tenure was accompanied with the Russian armed forces targeting Kyiv with missile attacks. In December 2023, Ukrainian NGO Chesno stated that there was no clear demarcation of city management duties between Popko and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. They both co-chair the Kyiv Defense Council.{{cite web |url=https://www.chesno.org/post/5825/|title=How many military administrations operate in non-frontline cities?|date=26 December 2023|access-date=28 December 2023|publisher=Chesno|language=uk}}
On 31 December 2024 Popko was dismissed from the Chief position of the Kyiv City Military Administration.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-31 |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №897/2024-Про звільнення С.Попка з посади начальника Київської міської військової адміністрації |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/8972024-53445 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.president.gov.ua/}}
See also
References
{{Commanders of the Ukrainian Ground Forces}}
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Category:Military personnel from Kyiv
Category:Colonel Generals of Ukraine
Category:Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas
Category:Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
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