General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України) is the military staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is the central organ of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational management of the armed forces under the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is appointed by the President of Ukraine, who is the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces. On 28 March 2020 there was introduced a new position Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine splitting away from the Chief of the General Staff. The current Chief of the General Staff is Serhiy Shaptala, while Commander-in-Chief became Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

The General Staff was created in 1991–92 on the basis of the Kyiv Military District headquarters of the former Soviet Armed Forces.

Organization

* Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Joint Operations Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
** Directorate of Legal Support
** Department of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence
** Financial Directorate
** Office of assistants of the Chief of the General Staff
** Deputies of the Chief of the General Staff
*** Chief Directorate of personnel management, Chief Directorate of moral and psychological support
*** Chief Directorate of personnel (J-1)
*** Chief Directorate of operations (J-3)
*** Chief Directorate of logistics (J-4)
*** Chief Directorate of defense and mobilization planning of the General Staff (J-5)
*** Chief Directorate of communication and information systems of the General Staff (J-6)
*** Chief Directorate of Armed Forces training (J-7)
*** Chief Military Medical Directorate (J-8)
*** Central Directorate of military service security
*** Chief Command Center
*** Directorate of special operations
*** Chief Directorate of operational support
*** Directorate of verification
*** Central Directorate of information security and cryptology
*** Chief Directorate of military cooperation and peacekeeping operations
*** Scientific Directorate of the General Staff
*** Military Music Directorate
*** Administration Directorate
*** Chief Finance and Economical Directorate

Past directorates

** Assistants to the Chief of the General Staff
** Control and Oversight Directorate
** First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
*** Deputy Chief of the General Staff
**** Euro-Atlantic Integration Directorate
**** Military Cooperation Directorate
*** Garrison Service Directorate
** First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
*** Deputy Chief of the General Staff
**** Military scientific directorate
**** Financial Directorate
**** Main Financial-Economic Directorate (J-8)
*** Deputy Chief of the General Staff
**** Section for Transition to All-Volunteer Contract Service
**** Military Symbols and Heraldry Section
*** Main Personnel Directorate (J-1)
*** Main Operations Directorate (J-3/7)
*** Main Defence Planning Directorate (J-5)
*** Legal DirectorateLegal department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
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Members of General StaffAuthorities of Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian defense ministry

* Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: General Valerii Zaluzhnyi (''part of General Staff ex-officio'')
* Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant general Serhiy Shaptala
* Commander of the Ground Forces: Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Commander of the Navy: Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Commander of the Air Force: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk
* Commander of the Air Assault Forces: Major General Yevhen Mosiuk
* Commander of the Special Operations Forces: Major General Hryhoriy Halahan

Insignia

File:Нн ГШ ЗСУ.png, General Staff insignia
File:ООШ ЗСУ.png, Joint Operations Staff insignia

Sources

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Presidency of Ukraine