Pavlo Olehovych Cherniavskyi () is a Ukrainian soldier, a captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Biography Commander of the Himars battery.Зеленський передав командиру HIMARS медаль-відповідь від Байдена, Новинарня, 28.12.2022.
On 20 December 2022, an Armed Forces captain and Himars battery commander named Pavlo in Bakhmut handed over his award, the Cross of Military Merit, to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to present to US President Joe Biden. The next day, Zelenskyy visited Washington and publicly presented Biden with the award.
Then the US president accepted the gift from the Ukrainian military with the words: "Well, it's undeserved, but I appreciate it". The head of the White House promised to give the Ukrainian captain a Command coin from the US battlefield in Iraq, where his son Beau fought.
On 28 December 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after a speech in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, handed Captain Pavlo Cherniavskyi a "Command Coin" award from US President Joe Biden.Зеленський передав командирові батареї Himars відзнаку від Байдена, Радіо Свобода, 28.12.2022.
Awards Cross of Military Merit (19 December 2022)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 19 December 2022 year № 869/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class (30 December 2022)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 30 December 2022 year № 903/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class (14 March 2022)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 14 March 2022 year № 131/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» Command Coin (2022, from US President Joe Biden)
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