Serhiy Hayduk

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatolyovich and the family name is Hayduk.
Serhiy Hayduk

Hayduk on 6 March 2014
Born (1963-07-25) 25 July 1963
Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union
Allegiance  Ukraine
Service/branch  Ukrainian Navy
Years of service ?–present
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Commander of the Ukrainian Navy
Battles/wars 2014 Crimean crisis
Awards

Medal For Military Service to Ukraine

Ministry of Defence Badge of Honour

Serhiy Anatolyovich Hayduk (Ukrainian: Гайдук Анатолійович Сергій) (born 25 July 1963) is a Ukrainian Vice Admiral and the commander of the Ukrainian Navy.

Career

Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Hayduk held the staff position in charge of anti-submarine warfare,[1] the position of chief of search and rescue operations,[2] and was first deputy chief of staff of the Navy.[3] In 2007, he prevented an environmental disaster from ensuing when the leaky Russian vessel Odisk arrived in Crimea from Sierra Leone carrying ferroalloys.[4] He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 2011.[5]

Hayduk was appointed acting commander on 2 March 2014, and commander on 7 March 2014 following the defection of Denis Berezovsky during the Crimean crisis.[6] Berezovsky had been dismissed for "high treason" after serving only a single day as commander.[6] On 3 March 2014, Berezovsky, together with several Russian cossacks, had visited high-ranking officers of the Ukrainian Navy and asked them to change allegiance and side with the Russian armed forces in Crimea.

On 19 March 2014, pro-Russian forces took over the Ukrainian Navy's headquarters at Sevastopol and imprisoned its newly appointed commander-in-chief, Hayduk.[7] Hayduk, along with seven other hostages, was held by the pro-Russian so-called "Crimean Security Service" and tortured while in captivity according to uncorroborated reports by unnamed sources in Kharkiv.[8] The hostages were released by order of the Russian Defense Minister on 20 March 2014.[9]

On 23 August 2014, Hayduk was promoted to Vice Admiral.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ÎÔÈÖÅÐ ØÒÀÁÀ ÓÊÐÀÈÍÑÊÎÃÎ ÔËÎÒÀ ÁÓÄÅÒ Ó×ÀÑÒÂÎÂÀÒÜ Â Ó×ÅÍÈßÕ ÌÈÍÍÎ-ÒÐÀËÜÍÛÕ ÑÈË ÂÌÑ ÔÐÀÍÖÈÈ 7-14 ÎÊÒßÁÐß". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "kobz.ru". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "В Севастополе Россия и Украина вместе отмечают День российского моряка-подводника". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ñåâàñòîïîëüñêèõ ìîðÿêîâ íàãðàäèëè çà ïðåäîòâðàùåíèå ýêîëîãè÷åñêîé êàòàñòðîôû". Íîâîñòè Êðûìà. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ïðî ïðèñâîºííÿ â³éñüêîâèõ çâàíü - â³ä 05.12.2011 ¹ 1100/2011". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops". BBC News Online. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Crimea crisis: Pro-Russians seize Sevastopol Ukraine naval base. BBC news, 19 March 2014
  8. ↑ "Crimean hostages put in an electric chair, beaten, shot at". khpg.org.ua. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  9. ↑ Jade Walker (2014-03-20). "Ukrainian Navy Commander Released: Serhiy Haiduk, Other Hostages Freed By Crimean Authorities". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  10. ↑ "ÓÊÀÇ ÏÐÅÇÈÄÅÍÒÀ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ ¹ 679/2014". Îôiöiéíå ïðåäñòàâíèöòâî Ïðåçèäåíòà Óêðà¿íè. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Denis Berezovsky		 Naval Commander of Ukraine
2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent



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