Petro Lytvyn

Petro Lytvyn is a commanding officer, Lieutenant General. Since 2012 he has been a commander of the 8th Army Corps.

In 1990 Lytvyn graduated the Kiev Armor-Engineer College. He served at the Soviet Far Eastern Military District and Carpathian Military District.^[1]

In 2001 Lytvyn graduated the Tactical operations faculty of National University of Defense of Ukraine. He served at the Ukrainian Northern and Western Operational Commands.^[1]

In 2008 Lytvyn graduated the Strategic operations faculty of National University of Defense of Ukraine. In 2007-2012 he was a troop commander of the Southern Operational Command.

In August 25, 2012 in Novohrad-Volynskyi Petro Lytvyn attacked activists of "Vidsich" who were distibuting leaflets in the "Revenge for division of Ukraine" campaign.^[2][3][4]

During the War in Donbass, Lytvyn was placed in charge of the Sector D which was completely destroyed on August 24, 2014 and lead to the tragic events of battle of Ilovaisk.

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