Pavlo Palisa

Pavlo Serhiiovych Palisa (Павло Сергійович Паліса) is a Ukrainian soldier, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a combatant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography
In 2007, Palisa graduated from the Lviv Institute of Land Forces of the Lviv Polytechnic National University (now the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy), and in 2019, he graduated from the Command and Staff Institute of the National Defense University of Ukraine.

Following the full-scale Russian invasion, he interrupted his studies at the United States Army Command and General Staff College to join the defense of Ukraine. In June 2022, the American educational institution issued a diploma to Pavlo, who was then commanding the 5th Assault Regiment, to loud applause.

In 2023, he became the commander of the 93rd mechanized brigade "Kholodnyi Yar". He fought in the battles for Bakhmut.

Awards

 * Cross of Military Merit (28 November 2023)
 * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (13 January 2023)