Mykhailo Kutsyn

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Mykhailo Kutsyn
Куцин Михайло Миколайович.jpg
Native name
Михайло Миколайович Куцин
Birth nameMykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn
Born (1957-08-15) 15 August 1957 (age 64)
Svoboda, Berehove Raion,
Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union (1978–1991)
Ukraine Ukraine (1992–2014)
Service/branchCommunist star.svg Soviet Army
Emblem of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg Ukrainian Ground Forces
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldWestern Operational Command
(2004–2010)
Armed Forces of Ukraine
(2014)

Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (born 15 August 1957) is a former Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4] He was appointed Chief of the General Staff by acting president Oleksandr Turchynov on 28 February 2014.[1][5] Kutsyn was dismissed of this post by president Petro Poroshenko on 3 July 2014.[4] Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn and stated he became shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass. He had a concussion and was staying at a hospital.[6]

A graduate of tank school, Kutsyn served with the Soviet Army in Kharkiv, Belarus and Germany. He enlisted in the Ukrainian Ground Forces 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.

Awards and decorations[]

Ukraine-republic032.png Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2nd class (2008)[7]
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd Class of Ukraine.png Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class (2005)[8]
Medal For military service to Ukraine ribbon.PNG Medal For Military Service to Ukraine (1997)[9]
CombatRibbon.png Medal for Battle Merit (Soviet award)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mykhailo Kutsyn appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian army". KyivPost. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia". New York Times. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ^ Михайло Куцин призначений начальником Генштабу. newsradio.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory, BBC News (3 July 2014)
    President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces, Ukrinform (3 July 2014)
  5. ^ Главнокомандующим Вооруженных сил Украины стал генерал-"танкист" Куцин. ru.tsn.ua (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. ^ Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
  7. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАИНЫ № 745/2008. Official Website of the Acting President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 1185/2005. Official Website of the Acting President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Президент України; Указ від 30.09.1997 № 1081/97. Official Website of the Ukrainian Parliament (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2014.

External links[]

  • Profile at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (in Ukrainian)
Military offices
Preceded by
 Commander of the 24th Motor Rifle Division
1996 - 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Commander of the 13th Army Corps
2001 - 2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Commander of the
2004 - 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff
2014 		Succeeded by


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