Ihor Obolenskyi

Khartiia commander Ihor Obolienskyi was targeted in an assassination attempt, and the attacker and his accomplice were detained, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on July 31.

This story is part of NV’s “Komkory” project — a series of feature profiles on the commanders leading Ukraine’s newly formed army corps, key figures in one of the country’s most important military reforms. Today, we profile Ihor Obolenskyi, an artillery officer turned special forces operator, briefly a top agribusiness manager, and now the commander of Ukraine’s 2nd National Guard Corps, known as Hartia.