General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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.

General Staff of the Armed Forces

Ukrainian: Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України
General Staff emblem
General Staff flag
Ministry of Defence Building in Kyiv
Staff overview
Formed	1992
Preceding Staff	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	Kyiv
Minister responsible	Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defense
Staff executives	Col.Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Andrii Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff
Website	www.mil.gov.ua

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 of Ukraine. 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 Andrii Hnatov,^[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

• 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)^[2][3]
    • 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^[4]
    • 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^[5][6]
    • 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^[7]
      • Financial Directorate
      • Main Financial-Economic Directorate^[8] (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 Directorate^[9]

Members of the General Staff

As of August 2025:^[10]

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

• Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi (member of General Staff, ex officio)
• Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: Lieutenant General Yevhen Moisiuk (member of General Staff, ex officio)
• Chief of the General Staff: 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 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 Oleksiy Neizhpapa
• 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: Brigadier General Oleksandr Trepak

Insignia

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  General Staff insignia
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  Joint Operations Staff insignia