Gennady Shapovalov headed the Land Forces of the Armed Forces: what is known about the brigade general
In the evening video, Zelensky noted that Shapovalov responded in the German city of Visbaden to coordinate actions with NATO partners. Now the experience gained should be implemented in the Land Forces of Ukraine. Changes are required, he emphasized. To the new appointment with land troops, General Mikhail Dropaty was commanded, he was in office for half a year and in parallel performed the duties of the commander of the Khortytsa TSV.
Dropaty resigned in early June 2025 after the tragedy at the landfill in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the RF rocket got. In February, Shapovalov left the post of commander of the operational command "South", which he headed in April 2024. Shapovalov was born in 1978 in the Kirovograd region, graduated from the Institute of Tank Troops at Kharkiv State Polytechnic University in 2000. In 2012, he studied at the team and staff of the National Defense University of Ukraine.
Shapovalov moved to Kiev and became the chief of the Main Department of Military Cooperation of the Armed Forces shortly before the full -scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, the Air Force radio station reported. This body was responsible for the International Military Cooperation of Ukraine as part of the General Staff: from peacekeeping operations and the implementation of NATO standards to the organization of foreign visits of military delegations.
In March 2022, Zelensky awarded Shapovalov the title of brigade general. In February 2025, Shapovalov began to work at Visbaden at the NATO Mission Headquarters to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. The mission included up to 700 soldiers from NATO member states. We will remind, in early June, Zelensky changed several warlords. Dropaty received the position of commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces.