Lieutenant ColonelOleksii Shuhailo
The commander of 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion of the Air Assault Forces
He entered the Luhansk Military Lyceum in 2013 after completing the ninth grade, later transferring to the Ivan Bohun Kyiv Military Lyceum in 2014 due to the outbreak of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. In 2015, he enrolled at the Odesa Military Academy, specializing in training for Air Assault Forces and Marine Corps units. In 2019, he joined the 81st Air Assault Brigade as a platoon commander.
Before February 2022, he participated in the Joint Forces Operation in the Luhansk region, including reconnaissance missions in Stanytsia Luhanska and Shchastia. Following the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he took part in operations during the liberation of Kyiv Oblast, including Chornobyl and Pripyat, and later fought in the Izium direction, at Bakhmut, in Lysivka, Donetsk Oblast, and during the Zaporizhzhia counteroffensive, as well as in the Kursk operation and the Dobropillia operation. In March 2024, he was appointed Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander of the 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion, and on December 29, 2025, he became its commander.
