Ihor Tantsyura Explained

Ihor Tantsyura
Native Name:Ігор Іванович Танцюра
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date: April 26, 1967
Birth Name:Ihor Ivanovych Tantsyura
Allegiance:
Rank: Major general
Commands:Territorial Defense Forces
Battles:Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Awards:Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class

Ihor Ivanovych Tantsyura (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Танцюра; born April 26, 1967) is a Ukrainian general and was the commander of the Territorial Defense Forces from 15 May 2022 until 9 October 2023.[1]

Biography

As of 2013, head of the 169th training center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2]

In 2019, Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces Operation. In 2022, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On May 15, 2022, he was appointed Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] He was dismissed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 9 October 2023.[3]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Зеленський призначив нового командувача сил територіальної оборони ЗСУ. Zelenskyy appointed a new commander of the territorial defense forces of the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. May 16, 2022 . May 18, 2023.
    Web site: Ukraine's president replaces head of Territorial Defence Forces. Reuters . May 16, 2022 . May 16, 2022.
  2. Web site: Сухопутні війська. 2023-03-27 . www.zsu.gov.ua. Ground forces. December 8, 2020.
  3. News: Zelensky replaces commander of Territorial Defense Forces. 9 October 2023. The Kyiv Independent. 28 November 2023.
  4. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 11 квітня 2022 year № 229/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»