Dmytro Kukharchuk

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Kukharchuk.

Dmytro Kukharchuk
Dmytro Kukharchuk in 2023
Personal details
Born (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materCherkasy National University
NicknameСліп (Slip)[1]
Military service
Branch/service National Guard (2014-2022)
Ukrainian Ground Forces (2022-present)
Years of service2014 – present
Rank Major
Unit Azov Regiment (2014-2022)
Azov SSO Kyiv (2022)
3rd Assault Brigade (2023 - present)
CommandsAzov SSO Kyiv (2022)
2nd Assault Battalion, 3rd Assault Brigade (2022 - present)
Battles/wars

Dmytro Vasylovych Kukharchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Васильович Кухарчук; born 4 June 1990) is a Ukrainian politician and military officer.

He is one of the leaders of the far-right National Corps party, and commander of the second battalion of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[2] An Euromaidan activist and former football Ultra, Kukharchuk joined the Azov Battalion in 2014, taking part in fighting in eastern Ukraine. In 2016 he joined the National Corps party, founded by Azov Battalion's commander Andriy Biletsky and served in party in high-ranking leadership positions,[3] and has been accused of political violence.[4][5]

At the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kukharchuk was in Kyiv. He organized a military unit composed of former Azov veterans and local volunteers, known as the Azov SSO. In 2023, the Azov SSO units were merged into the 3rd Assault Brigade, where Kukharchuk became the commander of the 2nd Battalion.

Biography

He was born June 4, 1990, in Vinnytsia. He graduated Cherkasy National University, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He later worked as a freelance journalist.[6] At the turn of the 2000s and 2010s, he actively participated in the activities of the Ultras movement in Cherkasy.

An active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, he took part in the storming of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration and 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots in Kyiv.[7] In the spring of 2014 he became a volunteer in Azov Battalion. He took part in fighting in eastern Ukraine, in particular in Battle of Marinka, Battle of Ilovaisk and Shyrokyne standoff.

In an interview with the Ukrainian army's Armiya TV in June 2024, he said that numerous times during the war, the Azov Brigade had been used as blocking troops.[8] He then gave a detailed account of an instance of his unit being used as barrier troops in 2022 saying, "We were motivational troops then. We then helped the 110th brigade of the TRO. I can't say anything bad about them, because for a TRO they fought quite well, but, again, as a TRO they had to be motivated. And then my detachment—I was then the commander of a detachment of 500 men—was evenly distributed along a 25-kilometer line to assist units of the 110th brigade in their positions."[9]

Political activity

Since 2016 he has been a member of the Supreme Council of the far-right political party National Corps, heads the Cherkasy regional branch of the party.[10] He worked as an assistant on a voluntary basis for the deputy Andriy Biletsky.[3]

In January 2018, he organized the storming of the Cherkasy City Council's chambers by Azov Battalion affiliates. The council had been blocking the budget, alleging that it contained 70 million Hryvnias in poorly-accounted-for spending. Masked men wearing Azov insignia stormed the council chamber, forcing them to pass the budget. At least one councilor was assaulted during the incident.[11][4]

In 2019, he ran for 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada as a self-nominated candidate and member of the National Corps party in the Electoral District 194 constituency.[12][13]

In March 2019, he took part in the actions of the National Corps against President Petro Poroshenko. He was the organizer and direct participant in a riot which the presidential motorcade in Cherkasy. 22 police officers were injured in the riot, with 18 of them needing hospitalization. Kukharchuk was arrested for having planned the riot.[5][14]

On September 25, 2020, he was registered with the TEC as a candidate for Cherkasy mayor for the National Corps party.[15] He took the third place.[16]

Imprisonment

On August 14, 2021, he took part in a National Corps riot on Bankova Street aiming to force the Ukrainian government to cut off water supplies to occupied Crimea. Nation Corps members clashed with the National Police of Ukraine; 8 police officers were injured in the clashes. After the main riot had concluded, two journalists were assaulted by National Corps members. Subsequently, Kukharchuk publicly cut his arm veins near the Pechersk Police Department in protest of the "persecution of veterans."[17][18][19]

A criminal case was opened against the National Corps leaders who organized the riot (including Dmytro Kukharchuk). On August 30, 2021, Pechersk District Court of Kyiv remanded in custody (without bail) as a precautionary measure for Dmytro Kukharchuk and Oleg Dovbysh (also a veteran Azov Regiment, leader of the Cherkasy movement Ultras). Prosecutors were concerned Kukharchuk could escape or attempt to intimidate witnesses.[20][21]

In September 2021, while in pre-trial detention, he became a candidate for People's Deputies in 197 constituencies in Cherkasy region.[22]

References

  1. ^ Babich, Ann (2025-10-01). ""It would be easier for Russia to take Poland than Donetsk Oblast," — Dmytro Kukharchuk". Mezha. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  2. ^ "Military in Mariupol has enough fighters, but they need equipment, aviation - National Corps". Interfax-Ukraine.
  3. ^ a b ""Помічники Білецького Андрія Євгенійовича"". Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b ""Хуліганство як спосіб ухвалення бюджету Черкас"". Hromadske. February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b ""Поліція затримала двох підозрюваних в організації сутичок у Черкасах"". Громадське. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Дмитро Кухарчук: Про свою зарплату, прізвисько і найбільший черкаський хабар (Суботнє інтерв'ю)". Прочерк (про це говорять Черкаси). Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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  8. ^ Stallings, Mason Letteau (June 19, 2024). "Azov Leader Admits to Ukrainian Use of 'Blocking Detachments'". The American Conservative.
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  10. ^ "Cherkasy Regional Center of the Party". National Corps. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ ""Депутатів не випускати!" Названі організатори "кривавої сесії" в Черкасах"". February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. ^ ""Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №194"". Центральна виборча комісія України. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  13. ^ ""невідома біографія Кухарчука, пункти програми та зарядка у студії"". 18000. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  14. ^ ""ДМИТРО КУХАРЧУК – ЩО ВІДОМО ПРО ЧЕРКАСЬКОГО ГЕРОЯ-АТОШНИКА, ЯКОГО ЗАТРИМАНО ЧЕРЕЗ КОНФЛІКТ З ПРЕЗИДЕНТОМ?"". 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  15. ^ ""На посаду мера Черкас: ТВК зареєструвала ще чотирьох кандидатів"". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ "" Підтримка виборців, яку отримав Дмитро Кухарчук, насправді є рейтингом міського голови Черкас"". Прочерк (про це говорять Черкаси). Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  17. ^ ""Член Нацкорпусу Кухарчук порізав руку під Печерським відділком поліції на знак протесту через "переслідування ветеранів""". 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. ^ ""Арешт членів Нацкорпусу: Кухарчук порізав собі вени під відділенням поліції (фото, відео)"". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ ""Сутички під ОП: суд відправив під варту представників "Нацкорпусу" Довбиша та Кухарчука"". Громадське. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. ^ ""Сутички під ОП: суд відправив під варту представників "Нацкорпусу" Довбиша та Кухарчука"". Громадське. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  21. ^ ""Суд заарештував на два місяці керівника Черкаського відділення "Нацкорпусу" Кухарчука"". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  22. ^ ""Ветеран "Азова" балотується в депутати з СІЗО"". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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