General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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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 there was introduced a new position Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine splitting away from the Chief of the General Staff. The current Chief of the General Staff is Serhiy Korniychuk,[1] while Commander-in-Chief became Ruslan Khomchak.

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

Organization[]

See also: Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)
Insignia of the General Staff
Insignia of the Joint Operations Staff
  • 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 General Staff[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.

Sources[]

  1. ^ a b Zelensky appoints Khomchak Chief Commander of Armed Forces, Korniychuk Chief of General Staff, Interfax-Ukraine (28 March 2020)
  2. ^ ""Для забезпечення ресурсних потреб ЗС України та інших складових сил оборони створюється єдина система логістики" — заступник Міністра оборони". mil.gov.ua/. . 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/. . 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
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