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The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ruslan Khomchak, 53, married the head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, Anna Kovalenko, who turned 29 in May. According to the “Observer”, the couple knew each other for six months before the marriage.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ruslan Khomchak, married Anna Kovalenko, who was appointed head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration on October 13. Kovalenko confirmed this information to the public on October 15.
The first to write about their marriage was the Silovoy Telegram channel.
“From her work as a journalist, Anna was no stranger to the military issue, and after being appointed to high positions, she spoke exclusively about her future husband in a positive way, although she did not publicize their relationship. At the same time, her personal Facebook page is full of links to Khomchak’s interviews, “the authors said. public.
In May 2019, after Khomchak was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kovalenko wrote on Facebook: “I think Mr. [Виктор] Muzhenko puts the army in good hands. General Khomchak – experienced person. There are no good armies without experienced generals. A very suitable solution “.
When exactly the couple signed is not reported. According to the “Observer”, Khomchak and Kovalenko met for six months. According to the source of the publication, the couple have not yet planned solemn celebrations due to the pandemic; both have recently suffered a coronavirus infection.
The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the “Observer”, divorced in 1993, for Kovalenko this is the first marriage.
Khomchak and Kovalenko are 24 years apart: he is 53 years old and she – 29.
Khomchak was born in 1967 in Lvov. Graduated from the Moscow Higher School of Military Command and the National Defense Academy of Ukraine. From 1988 to 1992 he served in the Soviet troops in Germany and Belarus. In the Armed Forces of Ukraine – since 1993. Served in the 24th and 72nd Mechanized Brigades during the armed conflict in Donbas in 2014–2015 was commander of sector “B”. Then, until 2017 there were First Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in 2017–2019 – Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defense. Since 2019 – Chief of the General Staff – Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The rank of Colonel General Homchak was awarded in December 2019.
Kovalenko was born in 1991 in Bucha, Kiev region. A graduate of the Ivan Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television (Master of Theater Studies), he is a graduate student at the National Academy of Public Administration under the presidency of Ukraine. During his studies at the university he worked as a journalist. In 2014, she actively participated in the Dignity Revolution, was a member of the Hundred Maidan Women’s Self-Defense Forces. After the revolution, she was an advisor to several defense ministers. In 2019, she was elected deputy of the people of the Servant of the People, but almost immediately she left her mandate as deputy: in September 2019 President Vladimir Zelenskiy appointed her deputy director of the Office of the President. In April 2020, Kovalenko was removed from this position, in May she became Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development and, in October, Head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration. Kovalenko is the first woman appointed by the head of the region during the Zelensky cadence.
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