Bohdan Oleksandrovych Krotevych (Ukrainian: Богдан Олександрович Кротевич; born 26 March 1993,[1] Izmail, Odesa Oblast[2]) 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.[3]
Since 2014, he has been participating in the ATO/JFO zone as part of the Azov Regiment, where he served as a platoon commander[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
On 21 September 2022, he was released from Russian captivity.[8]
As of 2023, he is the acting commander of the Azov Brigade.[9][10]
