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 .
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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 .
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]
As of May 2024:[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.