Solodchuk Valery Nikolaevich

Solodchuk Valery Nikolaevich — Colonel General, Chief of Staff — 1st Deputy Commander Leningrad Military District Armed Forces of the Russian Federation — Tsentralnyy Military District Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

According to verified public registries and open-source intelligence records, participated in combat operations and the military occupation of settlements in Kyiv region.

Lieutenant General Valery Nikolayevich Solodchuk commanded the 36th Combined Arms Army during the offensive on Kyiv in February-March 2022: • Complete rout of the forward units of the 36th Army (the 37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 5th Separate Tank Brigade) in the area of Makariv, Borodyanka, and Kopyliv in the Kyiv region. • Catastrophic losses of armored vehicles—over 80 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles belonging to 36th Army formations were destroyed and captured in the battles for Makariv and Dmytrivka. • On March 8, 2022, Solodchuk personally abandoned the forward command post in the Kyiv region following a Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery strike, leaving subordinate units without command and control or communications. • Subsequently relieved of his post as commander of the 36th Army and transferred to staff duties.