Stepan Poltorak [SEP] country of citizenship
Stepan Poltorak
Stepan Poltorak () is the current Minister of Defence of Ukraine (since 14 October 2014). Previously he was the commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine and National Guard of Ukraine. Poltorak's rank was General of the army of Ukraine. From 1 January 2019, Poltorak remained the country's defense minister as a civilian, after resigning from military service in October 2018. Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymr Zelenskiy on 20 May 2019.
Biography.
Poltorak was born on 11
under small arms fire. The Minister of Defence Stepan Poltorak confirmed that the planned withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Stanytsia Luhanska has been postponed to unforeseen future. Poltorak characterised the situation in Shyrokyne as the most troubled.
Timeline 14 October.
The ATO HQ reported in the morning that pro-Russian troops had opened fire on 25 occasions on Ukrainian troops the previous day, including on 14 occasions in the region of Mariupol, on 10 occasions in Luhansk region, and once in the surroundings of Donetsk city. The spokesman of the