{"id":78320,"date":"2026-02-23T21:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=78320"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:05:48","slug":"new-commander-appointed-to-lead-78th-air-assault-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/news\/new-commander-appointed-to-lead-78th-air-assault-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"New Commander Appointed to Lead 78th Air Assault Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 78th Air Assault Brigade of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces has appointed a new commander, Colonel Vladislav Tsiba. The announcement was made through the brigade\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1445742184015735\">\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u0432 \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0456\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0430\u0445<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tsiba rose through the ranks from platoon commander to commander of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/air-assault-forces\/90th-airmobile-battalion\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"34732\">90-\u0439 \u0430\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0439\u043e\u043d<\/a>. He also served in the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade and, from the fall of 2024, as deputy commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/air-assault-forces\/77th-airmobile-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"14757\">the 77th Airmobile Brigade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class, for personal courage and selfless actions in defense of Ukraine\u2019s state sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 78th Air Assault Brigade of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces has appointed a new commander, Colonel Vladislav Tsiba. 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