“The new commander of the 12th Brigade of Special Purpose of Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine was appointed Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan Grishenkov (Pugach’s call sign). This was reported by the National Guard of Ukraine on Facebook. Grishenkov-a professional military with almost ten years of experience in Azov. He went from the ordinary soldier to the company commander, chief of staff and battalion commander. In the National Guard noted that the new commambrig was accepting the brigade in”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The new commander of the 12th Brigade of Special Purpose of Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine was appointed Lieutenant Colonel Bogdan Grishenkov (call sign “Pugach”).
This was reported by the National Guard of Ukraine on Facebook.
Grishenkov is a professional military with almost ten years of experience in Azov. He went from the ordinary soldier to the company commander, the chief of staff and the battalion commander.
The National Guard noted that the new Kombrig is accepting the brigade at the time of its greatest development.
“It will do everything possible for the effective work of the unit in cooperation with other crews of the 1st Corps of NSU” Azov “,”-the message reads.
Bogdan Grishenkov was born on October 20, 1993 in Slavyansk Donetsk region. He studied at the Aviation College, and later at the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of Air Force, majoring in Energy Systems.
In 2015, he joined the Azov ranks. In February 2022 he headed one of the mouth of a separate detachment of special purpose.
The full -scale invasion of Russia met in Mariupol. During the defense of Azovstal was injured.
In May 2022 he was captured – he was taken to a colony in Olenivka in the so -called “DNR”. There he was in a barrack, which the Russians blew up on the night of July 29, 2022. As a result of the terrorist attack, he received fragile wounds of the head, arms and legs.
On September 21, 2022, Grishenkov was released from captivity, after which he returned to his service.
In July 2023, he was appointed the first deputy commander of the 1st Battalion of the 12th Azov Brigade, and in February 2024-a battalion commander.
Under his leadership, the unit fought successful offensive and defensive battles in the Siversky and Toretsky directions.
We used to write that kOlyshny Chief of Staff of the Azov Brigade Bogdan Krotevich statedthat his name disappeared from the list of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II degree.
We will also remind that the so-called military court in Rostov-on-Don condemned 23 Ukrainian prisoners of war who They served in the regiment Azov, up to 13-23 years in prison in a strict regime colony.
