Valeriy Viktorovich Chybineyev (3 March 1988-4 March 2022) was a Ukrainian paratrooper who commanded the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Biography[]
Valeriy Viktorovich Chybineyev was born in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union in 1988, the son of a Soviet Army paratrooper. He graduated from the Odessa Military Academy before joining the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade in 2010 as a lieutenant. He became the brigade's commander in 2016 during the Donbass War, and, on 4 March 2022, he was killed during the Battle of Antonov Airport near Kyiv.