Volodymyr Kravchenko

Volodymyr Kravchenko is the new commander of the Joint Forces, appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Little is known about the new Joint Forces commander. So far it is known that Kravchenko had been head of Operational Command North, headquartered in Chernihiv, since 2017. Before that, he worked as deputy chief of staff in the same operational command. He received the rank of general in December 2014 by decree of the fifth president Petro Poroshenko.

Also, from income declarations one can learn that Volodymyr Kravchenko owns a 1998 Mersedes Benz and a plot of land in Chernihiv region. His wife owns an apartment and about 300,000 hryvnias in various banks.

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