Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, Hero of Ukraine, has been appointed Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Source. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
‘In accordance with the order of the Minister of Defence of Ukraine of 10 June 2024, Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi was appointed Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,’ the statement said.
Prior to that, Vadym Sukharevskyi was one of the deputies to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi. He was responsible for unmanned systems and the development of drone use.
As reported, on 10 February 2024, the 39-year-old colonel was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Colonel Sukharevsky has been involved in the Russian-Ukrainian war since 2014. He took part in his first battle near Semenivka in the Donetsk region on 13 May. He was still a senior lieutenant with the call sign Borsuk.
Sukharevsky is known for being the first to order to shoot at the militants. He fired from his APC at the terrorist Igor Strelkov-Girkin's men. In late summer, Borsuk was injured.
Since 2016, the soldier has been performing tasks in the Mariupol sector. At that time, he was part of the 36th Marine Brigade.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 2020. A short time later, Sukharevsky became a colonel. Already in this rank, he was awarded the title of ‘Hero of Ukraine’ in 2022.
As reported, on 6 February, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree ‘On building up the capabilities of the defence forces’. According to the presidential decree, it is proposed to create a separate branch of the military in Ukraine called the Unmanned Systems Forces to control unmanned aerial vehicles.
The decree states that the document was issued to increase the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use unmanned and robotic air, sea and ground systems, as well as to ensure readiness to use such systems for their intended purpose.
As reported, the creation of the Unmanned Systems Force will facilitate the accumulation and exchange of experience, as well as open up new opportunities in the use of drones.