Denys Prokopenko

Denys Prokopenko

Denys Hennadiyovych Prokopenko (born 27 June 1991) is a Ukrainian military officer who is a colonel in the National Guard of Ukraine and commander of the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov", as well as a prominent participant of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Prokopenko joined the Azov Battalion in July 2014 to fight in the Donbas war against Pro-Russian separatists. After Azov's founder and leader Andriy Biletsky left the unit to focus on politics, Prokopenko eventually arose to the leadership of the Azov Regiment in 2017 and was promoted to the rank of major, becoming the youngest commander in the Ukrainian military. In response to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Prokopenko rose as a leader defending Mariupol from the Russian siege, and commanded the Mariupol garrison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Denys Prokopenko is the 2,028th most popular military personnel (down from 2,010th in 2024). (down from 4,754th in 2019)