Pavlo Cherniavskyi

Pavlo Olehovych Cherniavskyi (Павло Олегович Чернявський) is a Ukrainian soldier, a captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography
Commander of the Himars battery.

On 20 December 2022, an Armed Forces captain and Himars battery commander named Pavlo in Bakhmut handed over his award, the Cross of Military Merit, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi to present to US President Joe Biden. The next day, Zelenskiy visited Washington and publicly presented Biden with the award.

Then the US president accepted the gift from the Ukrainian military with the words: "Well, it's undeserved, but I appreciate it". The head of the White House promised to give the Ukrainian captain a Command coin from the US battlefield in Iraq, where his son Bo fought.

On 28 December 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, after a speech in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, handed Captain Pavlo Cherniavskyi a "Command Coin" award from US President Joe Biden.

Awards

 * Cross of Military Merit (19 December 2022)
 * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class (30 December 2022)
 * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class (14 March 2022)
 * Command Coin (2022, from US President Joe Biden)