Bohdan Krotevych

Bohdan Oleksandrovych Krotevych (Ukrainian: Богдан Олександрович Кротевич; born 26 March 1993, Izmail, Odesa Oblast) is a Ukrainian serviceman, Major of the National Guard of Ukraine, acting commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Azov Brigade, a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography

He studied at the Simferopol School of Arts. He graduated from the Faculty of Navigation of the Kyiv National University of Water Transport.

He participated the Revolution of Dignity as a member of the Right Sector.

Since 2014, he has been participating in the ATO/JFO zone as part of the Azov Regiment, where he served as a platoon commander and later became deputy chief of staff, and from 2021 - chief of staff, first deputy commander. He took part in the battles for Shyrokyne and the defense of the Svitlodarsk bulge, Marinka, and Krasnohorivka.

Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

As the Chief of Staff of the Azov Regiment, on 28 March 2022, in a video message, he called for the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Mariupol to save civilians.

On 1 April 2022, he gave an interview to the Belsat channel from the besieged Azovstal, where he spoke about the humanitarian catastrophe in the city of Mariupol.

On 21 September 2022, he was released from Russian captivity.

As of 2023, he is the acting commander of the Azov Brigade.

Awards

• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III class (25 March 2022)

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