Natalia Humeniuk (soldier) explained

Natalia Humeniuk
Birthname:Natalia Kostiantynivna Humeniuk
Nationality:Ukrainian
Allegiance:Ukraine
Branch:State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Battles:Russo-Ukrainian War
Rank:Captain 1st rank
Mawards:Order of Princess Olga

Natalia Kostiantynivna Humeniuk (Ukrainian: Наталя Костянтинівна Гуменюк) is a Ukrainian servicewoman, captain 1st rank of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography

She works as an assistant to the head of the Regional Department for Media Relations of the Regional Department of the Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Odesa).[1]

From spring of 2022 until 19 April 2024 she was a head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine,[2] [3] and was replaced by Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, who will hold both positions concurrently.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/kontakti-dlya-zmi/ Контакти для ЗМІ
  2. С. Остапа, Речниця Сил оборони півдня Наталія Гуменюк: «Ми винайшли особливий стиль, як розповісти, не розголосивши, як показати, не розкривши зайвого», Детектор медіа, 27.09.2022.
  3. Web site: Russian vessels in Black Sea do not sail beyond Cape Tarkhankut. 4 October 2023. 4 October 2023. Ukrainska Pravda.
  4. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 12 September 2022 year № 643/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)