Valentyn Lystopad

Valentyn Lystopad
Native name	Валентин Листопад
Birth name	Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad
Born	(1966-10-21) October 21, 1966 (age 58)
Allegiance	Ukraine
Service / branch	Ukrainian Air Force
Rank	Major general
Battles / wars	Russo-Ukrainian War
Awards	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Order of Danylo Halytsky

Valentyn Antonovych Lystopad (Ukrainian: Валентин Антонович Листопад) is a Ukrainian serviceman, Major General, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Biography

Military pilot.

As of September 2021 – Colonel, Commander of the Operational Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[1]

As of February 2022 – Colonel, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[2]

On 7 August 2022, on the day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he was promoted to the rank of Major General.^[3]

A few days after receiving his next rank, his son (also a military pilot) Anton Lystopad was killed during the full-scale Russian invasion.^[4]

Awards

• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III degree (19 May 2022)^[5]
• Order of Danylo Halytsky (2 May 2022)^[6]

Military ranks

• Colonel
• Brigadier General (28 February 2022)
• Major General (7 August 2022)

References

1. Літати високо в небі...
2. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 28 February 2022 year № 80/2022 «Про присвоєння військових звань» (in Ukrainian)
3. Кожне виконане Повітряними силами завдання – це врятовані життя українців – Президент у День ПС ЗСУ
4. У Франківську попрощалися із загиблими пілотами Юрієм Погорілим та Антоном Листопадом
5. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 19 May 2022 year № 349/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
6. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 2 May 2022 year № 292/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)