General Staff Of The Armed Forces Of Ukraine
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine () is the
military staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large militar ...
of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are the Military, military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the president of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rad ...
. 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 The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...
, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 28 March 2020 the position of
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine () is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The position was created by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 March 2020, before which the Chief of the General Staff was the c ...
was separated from that of the Chief of the General Staff. The current Chief of the General Staff is Andrii Hnatov, and the Commander-in-Chief is
Oleksandr Syrskyi Oleksandr Stanislavovych Syrskyi (; born 26 July 1965) is a Ukrainian military officer. Holding the rank of four-star general, he has served as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since . Previously, he was the commander o ...
. The General Staff was created in 1991–92 on the basis of the Kyiv Military District headquarters of the former
Soviet Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republi ...
.


Organization

* Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are the Military, military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the president of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rad ...
*
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan) * Chief of the General Staff (Albania) * C ...
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 Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...
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 the General Staff

As of February 2025:Authorities of Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian defense ministry
* Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces:
Colonel General Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically General officer#Old European system, general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, ...
Oleksandr Syrskyi Oleksandr Stanislavovych Syrskyi (; born 26 July 1965) is a Ukrainian military officer. Holding the rank of four-star general, he has served as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since . Previously, he was the commander o ...
(''member of General Staff,
ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by r ...
'') * Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces:
Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Yevhen Moisiuk (''member of General Staff, ex officio'') *
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan) * Chief of the General Staff (Albania) * C ...
: Major General Andrii Hnatov * First Deputy Chief of the General Staff: ''Vacant'' * Assistant Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff: Lieutenant Generals Serhii Naiev and Radion Tymoshenko * Command Sergeant Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff:
Chief Master Sergeant A chief master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries. Philippines Philippine armed forces Since 2004, as part of the ongoing modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippi ...
Oleksandr Kosynskyi * Commander of the Ground Forces: Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi * Commander of the Marine Corps: Major General Dmytro Delyatytskyi * Commander of the Navy:
Vice Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...
Oleksiy Neizhpapa Oleksiy Leonidovych Neizhpapa (; born 9 October 1975) is a Ukrainian vice admiral and a Commander of the Navy (Ukraine), Commander of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Navy.Decree of the President of Ukraine from 11 червня 2020 year №  ...
* Commander of the Air Force: Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko * Commander of the Air Assault Forces: Brigadier General Ihor Skybiuk * Commander of the
Special Operations Forces Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
: Brigadier General Oleksandr Trepak


Insignia

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


Sources

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General Staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, Enlisted rank, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commanding officer, commander of a ...
Staff (military) * Presidency of Ukraine