Zelensky appointed the commander of the 93rd brigade “Kholodny Yar” as deputy chief of the OP

Colonel Pavel Palisa, commander of the 93rd “Kholodny Yar” brigade, was appointed deputy head of the Presidential Office. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced this in his evening speech.

The President noted that for the position of deputy head of the Department, a person is needed who understands the situation at the front and can provide daily information from the front.

“The 93rd Brigade Commander Kholodny Yar understands very well what is happening in the brigades at the front, and I need such a person to know the information directly from the front on a daily basis,” he said. Vladimir Zelensky.

Pavel Palisa was appointed deputy chairman of the OP: what is known about him

Pavel Palisa (callsign “Hunter”) assumed the post of commander of the 93rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade “Kholodny Yar” in 2023. In the summer of the same year, the brigade defended Bakhmut.

In 2023, Colonel Pavel Palisa was awarded the III Corps for the defense of Ukraine. He was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the Cross of Military Merit.

He received his education at the Lvov Land Forces Institute and the Command Staff Institute of the National Defense University. He also studied at the US Army Command and General Staff College, but after the Russian Federation’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, he interrupted his education and returned to his country to join the defense. While currently serving as commander of the 5th separate assault regiment, he still managed to receive an American diploma in June 2022.

On April 24, 2024, Pavel Palisa opposed demobilization until the end of the war.

Let us recall that on November 29, Vladimir Zelensky appointed combat general Mykhailo Drapatoy as commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the president, Drapaty has proven his effectiveness on the battlefield.