Drapatyi Mykhailo Vasylovych

Date of birth: 21.11.1982
Place of birth: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnitsk oblast
Age: 43 years 8 months 12 days
Political party: Non-party
Education: Kharkov Institute of Tank Troops (2004),
National University of Defense of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovskyi (2017)
Profession: military

Government positions

from 21.07.2026 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
03.06.2025 - 21.07.2026 Commander of the Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
29.11.2024 - 01.07.2025 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
10.02.2024 - 29.11.2024 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "Everything depends on these next few months—whether we'll have the opportunity to end the war before the fall. Before the elections—important, influential elections in the United States. If we can achieve peace, then we have a window of opportunity; that window is now open."
155 days back
The head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, declined to comment on his participation in the presidential elections: "My task now is to establish an effective negotiation process. Talking about elections in the current circumstances is pointless."
156 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: The draft law on post-war elections, which the relevant working group is currently working on, will be submitted to parliament soon. Once it is drafted, Ukraine will be able to determine when the elections should take place.
158 days back
MP Sergei Yevtushok: A referendum on the terms of ending the war could be held in "Diya." There's already talk of this.
158 days back