Serhiy Hayduk

Serhiy Anatolyovych Hayduk (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Гайдук; born 25 July 1963) is a Ukrainian Vice Admiral and a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[1]

Serhiy Hayduk
Hayduk on 6 March 2014
Born (1963-07-25) 25 July 1963
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Navy
Years of service1992–present
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldCommander of the Ukrainian Navy
Battles/wars2014 Crimean crisis
Awards Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
Ministry of Defence Badge of Honour

Career

Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Hayduk held the staff position in charge of anti-submarine warfare,[2] the position of chief of search and rescue operations,[3] and was first deputy chief of staff of the navy.[4] In 2007, he prevented an environmental disaster from ensuing when the leaky Russian vessel Odisk arrived in Crimea from Sierra Leone carrying ferroalloys.[5] He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 2011.[6]

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.[7] Berezovsky had been dismissed for "high treason" after serving only a single day as commander.[7] 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. After a speech by Hayduk, all the officers rejected the proposal and started to sing the Ukrainian national anthem.[8]

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.[9] Hayduk, along with seven other hostages, was held by the pro-Russian so-called "Crimean Security Service" and most of these hostages were tortured while in captivity according to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.[10] The hostages were released by order of the Russian Defense Minister on 20 March 2014.[11]

On 23 August 2014, Hayduk was promoted to vice admiral.[12]

Hayduk was dismissed as commander of the Ukrainian navy by President Poroshenko on 15 April 2016.[1] He was succeeded by Ihor Voronchenko.[13]

See also

References

  1. (in Ukrainian) Poroshenko dismissed the commander of the navy, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 April 2016)
  2. "ÎÔÈÖÅÐ ØÒÀÁÀ ÓÊÐÀÈÍÑÊÎÃÎ ÔËÎÒÀ ÁÓÄÅÒ Ó×ÀÑÒÂÎÂÀÒÜ Â Ó×ÅÍÈßÕ ÌÈÍÍÎ-ÒÐÀËÜÍÛÕ ÑÈË ÂÌÑ ÔÐÀÍÖÈÈ 7-14 ÎÊÒßÁÐß". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. "kobz.ru". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. "В Севастополе Россия и Украина вместе отмечают День российского моряка-подводника". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. "Ñåâàñòîïîëüñêèõ ìîðÿêîâ íàãðàäèëè çà ïðåäîòâðàùåíèå ýêîëîãè÷åñêîé êàòàñòðîôû". Íîâîñòè Êðûìà. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  6. "Ïðî ïðèñâîºííÿ â³éñüêîâèõ çâàíü - â³ä 05.12.2011 ¹ 1100/2011". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. "Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops". BBC News Online. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. Traitor of Ukrainian Navy has proposed Navy officers to join the Russian military. Ukrainska pravda, 3 March 2014
  9. Crimea crisis: Pro-Russians seize Sevastopol Ukraine naval base. BBC news, 19 March 2014
  10. "Crimean hostages put in an electric chair, beaten, shot at". khpg.org.ua. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  11. Jade Walker (20 March 2014). "Ukrainian Navy Commander Released: Serhiy Haiduk, Other Hostages Freed By Crimean Authorities". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  12. "ÓÊÀÇ ÏÐÅÇÈÄÅÍÒÀ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ ¹ 679/2014". Îôiöiéíå ïðåäñòàâíèöòâî Ïðåçèäåíòà Óêðà¿íè. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  13. Poroshenko appoints Commander of Naval Forces of Ukraine, UNIAN (3 July 2016)
    "Poroshenko appoints Ihor Voronchenko as new acting head of Ukrainian Navy". Interfax-Ukraine. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Denis Berezovsky
Naval Commander of Ukraine
2014–2016
Succeeded by
Ihor Voronchenko
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