Vadym Sukharevsky
Vadym Sukharevskyi | |
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Sukharevskyi in 2022 | |
| Native name | Вадим Олегович Сухаревський |
| Other name(s) | Badger |
| Born | 6 October 1984 Berehove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Branch | Unmanned Systems Forces |
| Years of service | 2004–present |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (2024–) Commander of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade (2022–2024) Chief of Staff of the 35th Marine Brigade (2021–2022) Commander of the 503rd Marine Battalion (2016–2021) |
| Battles / wars | Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian war |
| Awards | Hero of Ukraine (2022) |
| Alma mater | Lviv Polytechnic |
| Children | 2 |
Vadym Olehovych Sukharevskyi (Ukrainian: Вадим Олегович Сухаревський), callsign Badger (Ukrainian: Борсук, romanized: Borsuk ⓘ; born 6 October 1984) is a colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He had served as Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2024 to 2025. He was the first officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under whose command fire was opened to defeat Russian militants in the Donbas war. In 2022 he was awarded Hero of Ukraine.
Sukharevskyi was previously Commander of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade (2022–2024), Chief of Staff of the 35th Marine Brigade (2021–2022), Commander of the 503rd Marine Battalion (2016–2021), and previously served in the Airborne Forces.