Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (; born 15 August 1957) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General, who served as a

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and Commander-in-Chief of the

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on 28 February 2014. Kutsyn was relieved of this post by president

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on 3 July 2014. Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn for his service and stated he had been

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on 2 July 2014 in

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, and was recovering at a hospital. A graduate of Tank school, Kutsyn served with the

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and

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. He enlisted as a

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in the

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after the nation gained independence in 1991, and was head of the Western Operational Command for six years, before being appointed Deputy Minister of Defence in March 2010.

Biography

He graduated from the Blagovishchensk Higher Tank Command School (1978), the Military Academy of Armored Troops (Moscow, 1990), the Faculty of Training Specialists of the Operational-Strategic Level of the National Defense Academy of Ukraine (2001). He began his officer service as a tank platoon commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in East Germany. From 1980 to 1987, he was a platoon commander, commander of a company of cadets of the Kharkiv Higher Tank Command School. From 1990 to 1992, he held the positions of deputy commander, tank battalion commander, and deputy chief of staff of the tank regiment of the Belarusian Military District. Since December 1992, he has served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From 1992 to 1996, he served as Chief of Staff and regiment commander of the

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of the

. From 1996 to 1999, he was Chief of Staff, commander of the 24th Mechanized Division of the Western Operational Command. On 20 August 1999, he was promoted to Major General. In 2001, he graduated from the faculty of training operational-strategic level specialists of the National Defense Academy of Ukraine. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Chief of Staff, Commander of the 13th Army Corps of the Western Operational Command. From 2004, he was the first deputy commander, then from 19 July 2004 to 2010, he was the commander of the troops of the

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. From 31 March 2010 to 8 April 2011, he served as Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine. From 28 February 2014 to 3 July 2014, he served as Chief of the General Staff. He was a member of the NSDC from 19 March to 16 June, and from 23 June to 5 July 2014. On 2 July 2014, during hostilities in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, he was contused, after which he was taken to the hospital.

Awards and decorations

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