Born July 26, 1965 in the village of Nowinki, Kyrgyz district, Vladimir district]. He has lived in Ukraine since 1980. Graduated from Moscow School of Joint Forces Command. He began his service in 1986 as commander of a platoon of motorized shooters. Since 1993, he commanded a battalion of gunmen motorized by the 6th Division of the National defender of Ukraine in Chuguev, then he was commander of the regiment of that division. In 1996 he graduated with discrimination from the Academy of Armed Forces of Ukraine (operational-tactical degree), in 2005 – Academy of National Defence of Ukraine (operational-strategic degree) with a gold medal.
In the early 21st century, he became commander of the 72nd independent mechanized brigade stationed in the White Church. He received the rank of Major General. In early 2014, he became the first deputy chief of the Chief Centre of Armed Forces of Ukraine. liable for cooperation with NATO. As the armed conflict in east Ukraine began, he was appointed Chief of Staff of Counter-Terrorist Operations (ATO). In early 2015, he was chief of staff – the first deputy chief of counter-terrorism operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk circuits. Participants in the Battles of Debalcewo, Uglegorsk, Logvinovo and Redkodub.
During the fighting with the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Mużenka was straight in Debalcevo. During the operation in Debalceva, he was the commanding officer of the C section staff and commanded the Bars tactical group which ensured the safety of ammunition convoys. After the failure of Debalcev, he was active in an operation to retreat from the city. As of 2016 – Head of Joint Operations Command of Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2017, he became head of counterterrorism operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk circuits.
On May 6, 2019, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko appointed Syrian commander of the Joint Operations Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 5 December 2016 He gave him the rank of lieutenant general. Following Vladimir Zelenski's triumph in the 2019 presidential election, Aleksander Syrski was dismissed from his position as Head of the Joint Operations Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces. On August 23, 2020, he received a military rank of Colonel General. With the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine he commanded the defence of Kiev, for which he received the title of Hero of Ukraine from president Vladimir Zelenski. In September 2022 he commanded a successful offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast.
Analysts of "The Economist", commenting on the kind of command of the Syrian general, draw attention to the principles of decentralised command, detailed planning and usage of disinformation and surprise elements.
He is guided by the principles of decentralised management, which he mastered during his stay in Brussels in 2013, where he repeatedly met with NATO representatives and discussed ways to modernise the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He attaches large importance to the morale of soldiers, regular reads news from hundreds of soldiers and regularly visits troops on the front.”
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