Cyrille Youchtchenko (ukr. Кирило Ющенко) is a Brigadier General and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion, appointed in July 2023.[1]
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He was born in 1967. In 1989 he entered the Saint-Cyr Military Academy. In 1992, he graduated as second lieutenant and was assigned as a platoon leader to the 92nd Infantry Regiment. With this unit, he deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Le général Cyrille Youchtchenko, nouveau père Légion". legion-etrangere.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Foreign Legion: 2023 Change of Command". French Foreign Legion Information. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Cyrille Youchtchenko". MUBI. Retrieved 2024-01-12.