Valentyn Lystopad
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Native name
Валентин Листопад
Birth nameValentyn Antonovych Lystopad
BornOctober 21, 1966
Allegiance
Ukraine
UkraineValentyn Lystopad | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Валентин Листопад |
| Birth name | Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad |
| Born | October 21, 1966 |
| Allegiance | Ukraine |
| Branch |  Ukrainian Air Force |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Awards | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Order of Danylo Halytsky |
Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad (Ukrainian: Валентин Антонович Листопад) is a Ukrainian serviceman, Major General, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Military pilot.
As of September 2021 – Colonel, Commander of the Operational Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]
As of February 2022 – Colonel, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2]
On 7 August 2022, on the day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he was promoted to the rank of Major General.[3]
A few days after receiving his next rank, his son (also a military pilot) Anton Lystopad was killed during the full-scale Russian invasion.[4]