Maksym Shapoval

Maksym Shapoval
Native name Максим Михайлович Шаповал
Birth name Maksym Mykhailovych Shapoval
Born (1978-07-06)6 July 1978
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died 27 June 2017(2017-06-27) (aged 38)
Kiev, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine Ukraine (2013–2017) (4 years)
Service/branch Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (HUR MOU)
Rank Colonel
Commands held Chief of HUR MOU 10th Special Detachment
Battles/wars

War in Donbass

Maksym Shapoval (Ukrainian: Максим Михайлович Шаповал; July 6, 1978 – June 27, 2017)[1] was a Colonel in the Ukrainian military and head of the military intelligence special forces of the HUR MOU. Col. Shapoval had only recently returned from the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.[2][3] On June 27, 2017, Shapoval was assassinated in a car bomb attack in central Kiev.

At the time of his death, Shapoval was investigating Russian involvement in Eastern Ukraine. He collected intel on their locations and weapons, which was able to substantiate Ukraine's position in the war criminal trial in The Hague on Russia's armed aggression.[4]

Early life

Maksym Shapoval was born in Vyshenka district of Vinnytsia in a civilian pilot's house, and was an only child. Maksym's father, Mykhailo, commander of the AN-2 aircraft crew, worked at the Vinnytsia Airport, where he died in 1985 in his 33rd year.

Maksym Shapoval graduated from the military academy, choosing a military career like his grandfather, Leonid. His uncle also served in the armed forces in Kiev, retiring with the rank of colonel.

Military career

Col. Shapoval served 3 years leading special operations forces in combat missions in Eastern Ukraine, as commander of the 10th Special Detachment of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The "ten" unit has the unofficial name of "Island", based on Rybalsky Island. Shapoval was the commander of a special appointment group, which in May 2014 retook Donetsk airport from pro-Russian separatists.

Assassination

On June 27, 2017, Colonel Maksym Shapoval was assassinated in a car bomb attack in central Kiev. At 8:16 (UTC) the Mercedes Benz vehicle he was driving exploded in a detonation from a bomb planted underneath the vehicle, killing him instantly and wounding two bystanders:[4] a female passer-by with shrapnel wounds to her leg and a 71-year-old man with wounds to his neck. Kiev police have branded the incident a "terrorist attack"; Russian intelligence is suspected to be behind the car bomb.[5][6][7][3]

A short time after the assassination, a cyberattack was launched. Former government adviser in Georgia and Moldova Molly K. McKew believed Shapoval's assassination was related with this cyberattack.[8] She also stated that Shapoval was a "huge asset" to Ukraine's security.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Стало відомо хто був першим «кіборгом». Це - вінничанин Максим Шаповал (in Ukrainian). vn.20minut.ua. 2017-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Colonel In Ukrainian Military Intelligence Killed In Kyiv Car Bombing". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. 1 2 McKew, Molly; McKew, Molly (2017-06-27). "A killing in Kiev shows how the West continues to fail Ukraine". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. 1 2 3 "A Ukrainian officer killed in a car bomb was reportedly investigating Russia for international court case". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑ VST-UKR
  6. ↑ Luhn, Alec (2017-06-27). "Ukrainian military intelligence officer killed by car bomb in Kiev". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Ukraine intelligence officer killed by car bomb in Kiev". BBC News. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  8. ↑ McKew, Molly (27 June 2017). "A killing in Kiev shows how the West continues to fail Ukraine". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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