Serhiy Shaptala

{{Short description|Ukrainian general (born 1973)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Oleksandrovych|Shaptala|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Serhiy Shaptala

| native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|uk|Сергій Шаптала}}}}

| image = Sergey Shaptala.jpg

| office = 15th Chief of the General Staff

| president = Volodymyr Zelenskyy

| term_start = 28 July 2021

| term_end = 9 February 2024

| preceded = Serhiy Korniychuk

| succeeded = Anatoliy Barhylevych

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|02|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kostiantynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| education = Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine

| allegiance = {{flag|Ukraine}}

| branch = Ukrainian Ground Forces

| serviceyears = 1994–present

| rank = Lieutenant general

| battles =

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
• Battle of Debaltseve

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| mawards = Hero of Ukraine {{Hero of Ukraine}}
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

| caption = Shaptala in 2022

}}

Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala ({{langx|uk|Сергій Олександрович Шаптала}}; born 5 February 1973) is a Ukrainian military officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 2021 until 2024, holding the rank of Lieutenant general.{{cite web |url=https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/ministry-of-defence-leader/lieutenant-general-serhii-shaptala.html |title=Lieutenant General Serhii SHAPTALA |website=MoD of Ukraine}}{{cite news |date=9 February 2024 |author=Dmytro Basmat |title=Zelensky announces new chief of general staff |url=https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-replaces-chief-of-general-staff/ |publisher=The Kyiv Independent |access-date=9 February 2024}}

In 2015, he was awarded Hero of Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko for his command of the 128th Brigade during the Battle of Debaltseve.{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/after-debaltseve-defeat-what-next-out-from-debaltseve-hell-and-back-to-the-trenches-2-381315.html|title=After Debaltseve Defeat, What Next?: Out from Debaltseve hell and back to the trenches|work=Kyiv Post|date=20 February 2015}}

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian Il-76,{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-live-russia-updates-putin-war-summary-biden-zelensky-nato-2-24-22-1682148|title=Ukraine-Russia: Kyiv near 'catastrophe,' Berdyansk falls, UN session called|first1=Matt|last1=Cannon|first2=Yevgeny|last2=Kuklychev|first3=Lauren|last3=Giella|first4=Alex|last4=Backus|first5=Zoe|last5=Strozewski|first6=ORhonde|last6=Chapman|first7=Patricia|last7=McKnight|first8=Justin|last8=Klawans|first9=Daniel|last9=Villarreal|first10=Isabel van|last10=Brugen|first11=Natalie|last11=Colarossi|date=February 24, 2022|website=Newsweek}} and shared video footage of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 striking Russian targets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/how-ukraine-using-drones-against-russia|title=How Ukraine Is Using Drones Against Russia|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}