Dmytro Marchenko: news and statements – MykVisti
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    5 November 2026

Dmytro Marchenko

Ukrainian major general, defender of Mykolaiv

Dmytro Marchenko is a Ukrainian major general who was in charge of the defence of Mykolaiv at the start of the full-scale war. In November 2024 he left the Armed Forces of Ukraine, calling it the hardest decision of his life.

In 2023 Mykolaiv City Council added the general to its toponymic commission, and in 2024 the NV magazine put him on its list of Ukrainians of the decade. Marchenko backed lowering the conscription age from 27 to 25 and criticised the army for Soviet-style management. In 2025 he said Mykolaiv held out in 2022 because the mayor and the head of the regional administration stayed in the city.

MykVisti covers his statements on the defence of Mykolaiv, the army and mobilisation, and the Kinburn Spit.

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