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Yurii Ihnat

Yurii Ihnat
Юрій Ігнат
Ihnat in 2023
Personal details
Born (1977-12-23) December 23, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materLviv Military Institute
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Branch/serviceAir Force Armed Forces of Ukraine
RankColonel
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
AwardsOrder of Danylo Halytsky

Yurii Robertovych Ihnat (Ukrainian: Юрій Робертович Ігнат; born 23 December 1977) is a Ukrainian serviceman, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography

He grew up in the family of Robert Ihnat, a journalist for the publications Moloda Halychyna and Za Vilnu Ukrainu; his grandfather, also Yurii Ihnat, fought in the ranks of the national liberation movement and is buried at Lychakiv Cemetery.[1]

After five years of studying, he graduated from the Lviv Military Institute at Lviv Polytechnic National University (specialty: military journalism).[1][2]

In 1999, he started working for a new military publication, the Kryla Ukrainy newspaper. He spent six months on a business trip to Africa.[1]

As of 2017, he is the Head of the Air Force Editorial Department of the Central Printed Organ of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Narodna Armiia".[3]

In 2018, he headed the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] As of May 2022, he is a lieutenant colonel.[4]

Currently, he is a colonel, head of the public relations service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5]

Awards

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