Valentyn Lystopad | |
Native Name Lang: | UKR |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1966 |
Birth Name: | Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad |
Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Branch: | Ukrainian Air Force |
Rank: | Major general |
Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Awards: | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Order of Danylo Halytsky |
Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad (uk|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]