General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces


The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 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 (Ukraine)|Chief of the Military ranks of Ukraine|General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine] is appointed by the President of Ukraine, who is the 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, 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

  • * 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
  • ** Deputy Chief of the General Staff
  • *** Section for Transition to All-Volunteer Contract Service
  • *** Military Symbols and Heraldry Section
  • ** Main Personnel Directorate
  • ** Main Operations Directorate
  • ** Main Defence Planning Directorate
  • ** Legal Directorate

Members of the General Staff

As of August 2025: