Cabinet of Ministers appointed two deputy defence ministers

Cabinet of Ministers appointed two deputy defence ministers

On Friday, 5 July, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed two new deputy ministers of defence. These are Anatoliy Klochko and Oleksandr Serhiy.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence. They were appointed on the recommendation of Defence Minister Rustem Umyerov.

Anatoliy Klochko was born in Kharkiv in 1963. He graduated from the Saratov Higher Military Command and Engineering School of Missile Forces in 1985, the National Defence Academy of Ukraine in 2003 and the National Defence University of Ukraine in 2019.

From 1999 to 2005, Klochko commanded a missile brigade of the Army Corps. In 2018-2020, he was the head of the Central Missile and Artillery Directorate, and from 2020 to 2022, he worked as the head of the Central Directorate for the Supply of Munitions.

From October 2022, Anatolii Klochko served in the military unit A0515.

Oleksandr Serhiy was born in Bukovyna in 1969. He graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Automobile Engineering School in 1991.

In 1998, he qualified as a military officer of the operational and tactical level at the Kyiv Institute of Land Forces. In 2012, he completed his studies at the National Defence University of Ukraine.

He participated in a peacekeeping mission as part of the Ukrainian military contingent in Sierra Leone. Since 2010, he has held senior positions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, working in logistics for the army.

In 2014, he received the Order of Prince Danylo Halytskyi, a state award.