Serhiy Hayduk
| Serhiy Hayduk | |
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Hayduk on 6 March 2014
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| Born |
25 July 1963 Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |
 Ukraine
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| Service/branch |
 Ukrainian Navy
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| Years of service | ?–present |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | Commander of the Ukrainian Navy |
| Battles/wars | 2014 Crimean crisis |
| Awards |
 Ministry of Defence Badge of Honour |
Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
Serhiy Anatolyovich Hayduk (Ukrainian: Гайдук Анатолійович Сергій) (born 25 July 1963) is a Ukrainian Vice Admiral and a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy.
Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Hayduk held the staff position in charge of anti-submarine warfare, the position of chief of search and rescue operations, and was first deputy chief of staff of the Navy. In 2007, he prevented an environmental disaster from ensuing when the leaky Russian vessel Odisk arrived in Crimea from Sierra Leone carrying ferroalloys. He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 2011.
Hayduk was appointed acting commander on 2 March 2014, and commander on 7 March 2014 following the defection of Denis Berezovsky during the Crimean crisis. Berezovsky had been dismissed for "high treason" after serving only a single day as commander. On 3 March 2014, Berezovsky, together with several Russian cossacks, had visited high-ranking officers of the Ukrainian Navy and asked them to change allegiance and side with the Russian armed forces in Crimea. After a speech by Hayduk, all the officers rejected the proposal and started to sing the Ukrainian national anthem.
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