{"id":87237,"date":"2026-07-01T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=commander&#038;p=87237"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:24:35","slug":"mykhailo-kurakh","status":"publish","type":"commander","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/commanders\/mykhailo-kurakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykhailo Kurakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, he graduated from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy, specializing in the management of airmobile units. From April 2015 to March 2017, he participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine as a company commander within the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/air-assault-forces\/80th-airassault-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"14567\">80-\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043d\u043e-\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/a>, taking part in combat operations near Sloviansk and in the defense of Luhansk Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, he continued service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and later served as Chief of Staff of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/air-assault-forces\/95th-airassault-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"14650\">95-\u0442\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043d\u043e-\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/a>. Since 2025, he has served as commander of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, leading the unit during defensive operations in Terny in Donetsk Oblast and later in the Kursk direction, where the brigade engaged in sustained combat operations against Russian forces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, he graduated from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy, specializing in the management of airmobile units. From April 2015 to March 2017, he participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine as a company commander within the 80th Air Assault Brigade, taking part in combat operations near Sloviansk and in the defense of Luhansk Airport. Following the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, he continued service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and later served as &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3620,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-87237","commander","type-commander","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":[],"author_info":{"display_name":"David Pipe","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/davomme\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/commander\/87237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/commander"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/commander"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}