General Staff of the Armed Forces
Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України
General Staff emblem
General Staff flag

Ministry of Defence Building in Kyiv
Staff overview
Formed1992
Preceding Staff
  • General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Minister responsible
Staff executives
Websitewww.mil.gov.ua

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: 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 the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was separated from that of the Chief of the General Staff. The current Chief of the General Staff is Anatoliy Barhylevych,[1] and the Commander-in-Chief is Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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

Organization

Past directorates

Members of the General Staff

As of February 2024:[10]

The senior leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in June 2019. 4 of the 13 leaders seen here are members of the general staff.

Insignia

Sources

  1. ^ Dmytro Basmat (9 February 2024). "Zelensky announces new chief of general staff". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ ""Для забезпечення ресурсних потреб ЗС України та інших складових сил оборони створюється єдина система логістики" — заступник Міністра оборони". mil.gov.ua/. Міністерство оборони України. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Система логістики, яка створюється у Збройних Силах України, буде повністю сумісною з відповідними системами країн НАТО". mil.gov.ua/. Міністерство оборони України. 2017-05-16. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ Центральне управління безпеки військової служби Збройних Сил України набуває спроможностей
  5. ^ Воєнно-наукове управління ГШ ЗСУ
  6. ^ Воєнно-науковому управлінню Генерального штабу Збройних Сил України — 20 років
  7. ^ Military scientific directorate
  8. ^ MoD Chief Financial and Economic Directorate
  9. ^ Legal department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
  10. ^ Authorities of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian defense ministry
  11. ^ "lieutenant general serhii shaptala".
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