Denys Shleha | |
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Денис Шлега | |
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Born | Denys Oleksiiovych Shleha (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 (age 42) Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ukraine |
Branch/service | National Guard of Ukraine |
Rank | Colonel |
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Denys Oleksiiovych Shleha ( Ukrainian: Денис Олексійович Шлега; born 1 May 1982, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast [1]) is a Ukrainian serviceman, colonel of the National Guard of Ukraine, a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (2022).
He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine (2003). He served in Dnipro from platoon commander to separate battalion commander; chief of staff of military unit 3021; chief of staff of the 5th Slobozhanska Brigade (Kharkiv); [2] commander of military unit 3024 (2018–2021), [1] from 2021 – commander of the 12th Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi Operational Brigade. [3] [4]
Participant in the ATO/JFO and defense of Mariupol. [1]
On 15 May 2022, he said that there were about 600 wounded soldiers at Azovstal in the blockaded Mariupol, 40 of them in very serious condition. [5] On 20 May, the entire garrison of Azovstal was evacuated to the territory of the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast. [1]
On 21 September 2022, he was released from captivity in a prisoner of war exchange. [6] Interned in Turkey. [1]
On 8 July 2023, he returned to the territory of Ukraine. [7]
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