Mykhailo Lopatin

Mykhailo Oleksiyovych Lopatin (Миха́йло Олексі́йович Лопа́тін; 1 July 1940 – 25 April 2022) was a Ukrainian colonel general and scientist who was commander of the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces from 1992 to 1996. Candidate of Military Sciences.

Biography
He died on 25 April 2022.

Awards

 * Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd and 3rd class,
 * Order of Alexander Nevsky,
 * Medal "For Courage",
 * Diploma of Honor of the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba,
 * Certificate of honor of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR
 * awarded with 14 medals.