Pavlo Palisa, commander of the 93rd Brigade, gets a key position in the Joint Forces Operation
29 November 23:23
Pavlo Palisa, commander of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade “Kholodny Yar,” has been appointed deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. The head of state announced this in an evening video address, Komersant ukrainskyi reports
The corresponding decree has already appeared on the website of the Presidential Office.
“I have appointed Colonel Pavlo Palisa as Deputy Head of the Office – a combat commander, commander of the 93rd Kholodny Yar Brigade. He is well aware of what is happening in the brigades, at the front, and I need just such a person to know exactly what is happening on a daily basis directly from the front,” Zelensky said.
In his address, Zelensky also commented on the appointment of Mykhailo Drapaty as Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Oleh Apostol as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
“The Land Forces of the Armed Forces are the backbone of the army. And much depends for Ukraine on how effectively the structure of the Land Forces and the entire Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine will work. Changes are needed – changes in the management of people that will provide more results on the battlefield,” the president said.
What is known about Pavlo Palisa
Pavlo Sergiyovych Palisa (call sign “Hunter”) is a Ukrainian serviceman, colonel, commander of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (2023).
He was born into a military family and spent his childhood in military camps.
In 2007, he graduated from the Lviv Institute of Land Forces of the Lviv Polytechnic National University (now the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy).
In 2019, he graduated from the Command and Staff Institute of the National Defense University of Ukraine.
In 2022, he commanded the 5th separate assault regiment.
After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he interrupted his studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to join the defense of Ukraine.
Since 2023, he has been the commander of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar”. He participated in the battles for Bakhmut.
In 2023, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, third class.
