Alexander Viktorovich Witko

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Alexander Witko, 2015

Aleksandr Vitko ( Russian Александр Викторович Витко * 13. September 1961 in Vitebsk , Byelorussian SSR ) is an Admiral of the Russian Seekriegsflotte .

Life

In 1979 Witko joined the Soviet military and in 1984 graduated from the Black Sea Officers College PS Nakhimov . He then served in the Pacific Fleet from 1984 to 1986 as the first officer and commander of the artillery combat section (GA-2) on a high-speed rocket boat . 1986 to 1988 and 1991 to 1992 he was in command of a high speed rocket boat. In 1989 he took higher officer courses and then went through various posts as chief of staff (1991–1992) and commander of a missile speedboat division (1992–1996) and as chief of staff and deputy commander of a coastal defense ship brigade (1996–1998). In 1998 Witko graduated from the Naval War Academy NG Kuznetsov and in 2004 the General Staff Academy of the Russian Federation . From August 2004 he found a job as deputy commander of the Primorsk Flotilla. From June 2005 to November 2006 he was first chief of staff and then until 2009 commander of the Group of Northeastern Troops and Armed Forces of Russia . From 2009 to 2013 he was deputy commander of the Russian Northern Fleet . Since April 15, 2013 Witko was the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet . On May 5, 2014, he was promoted to admiral by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. In May 2018, he was relieved of his post as Commander of the Black Sea Fleet and appointed Deputy Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy. He was succeeded by Vice Admiral Moissejew .

Witko is married and has two sons.

Crimean crisis

Witko played a key role in the events of the Crimean crisis . On March 3, 2014, he issued an ultimatum to the Ukrainian military demanding that they surrender by 5 a.m. on March 4, 2014, otherwise the military units of the Ukrainian armed forces would be stormed across Crimea . On March 5, 2014, the Ukrainian Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation against him on charges of inciting treason and organizing sabotage. The Russian Defense Ministry described this act as a provocation aimed at destabilizing the situation in Crimea. Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov remarked on March 12, 2014 that "the commander of the Black Sea Fleet is fulfilling his duty on a legal basis, in strict accordance with the current Russian-Ukrainian agreement on the stationing of the Russian fleet on the territory of Ukraine".

In March 2014, the foreign ministers of the European Union imposed sanctions on 21 Ukrainian and Russian people who, in their opinion, were responsible for the referendum on the status of Crimea on March 16, 2014 . Entry bans and account freezes were imposed on this group of people, to which Witko also belongs.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Alexander Wiktorowitsch Witko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Командование Черноморского флота Российской Федерации - Витко Александр Викторович. Black Sea Fleet Information Department, accessed March 16, 2014 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Decree No. 302 of the Russian President. kremlin.ru, May 5, 2014, accessed on February 19, 2015 (Russian, PDF; 37 kB).
  3. ↑ Адмирала Витко назначат заместителем главкома ВМФ России. RIA Novosti, May 11, 2018, accessed June 26, 2018 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Командующий ЧФ РФ поставил ультиматум украинским военным, заявляют в Минобороны. Interfax Ukraine, March 3, 2014, accessed March 16, 2014 (Russian).
  5. ↑ Генпрокуратура возбудила дело в отношении командующего ЧФ РФ Витко. March 5, 2014, accessed March 16, 2014 (Russian).
  6. ↑ Минобороны назвало провокацией дело против командующего ЧФ РФ. RIA Novosti, March 12, 2014, accessed March 16, 2014 (Russian).
  7. ^ Sanctions in the Crimean crisis: These Russians and Ukrainians are being punished. Der Spiegel , March 17, 2014, accessed on March 18, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Witko, Alexander Wiktorowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Витко, Александр Викторович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian admiral
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitebsk , Soviet Union