General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Organization

• [[File:Standard of Ukrainian GF Commander.png|30px]] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• [[File:Standard of Ukrainian Chief of the General Staff rect.svg|30px]] 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)
    • 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
    • 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
    • [[File:ВНУГШ.png|30px]] Scientific Directorate of the General Staff
    • [[File:Vmusicu.png|30px]] 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
    • Financial Directorate
    • Main Financial-Economic Directorate (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

Members of the General Staff

As of August 2025:

• Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: General Oleksandr Syrskyi (member of General Staff, ex officio)
• Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: Vacant
• 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

File:Нн ГШ ЗСУ.png|General Staff insignia File:ООШ ЗСУ.png|Joint Operations Staff insignia

Sources

References

1. "General Staff gives reason for disbanding Dnipro Operational Strategic Group".
2. Dmytro Basmat. (9 February 2024). "Zelensky announces new chief of general staff". The Kyiv Independent.
3. (2017-07-14). ""Для забезпечення ресурсних потреб ЗС України та інших складових сил оборони створюється єдина система логістики" — заступник Міністра оборони". Міністерство оборони України.
4. (2017-05-16). "Система логістики, яка створюється у Збройних Силах України, буде повністю сумісною з відповідними системами країн НАТО". Міністерство оборони України.
5. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2018/02/13/czentralne-upravlinnya-bezpeki-vijskovoi-sluzhbi-zbrojnih-sil-ukraini-nabuvae-spromozhnostej/ Центральне управління безпеки військової служби Збройних Сил України набуває спроможностей]
6. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/ministry/struktura-generalnogo-shtabu/voenno-naukove-upravlinnya-gsh-zsu.html Воєнно-наукове управління ГШ ЗСУ]
7. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2017/02/24/voenno-naukovomu-upravlinnyu-generalnogo-shtabu-zbrojnih-sil-ukraini-20-rokiv/ Воєнно-науковому управлінню Генерального штабу Збройних Сил України — 20 років]
8. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=department&sub=military_scientific_directorate Military scientific directorate]
9. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=department&sub=mod_chief_financial_and_economic MoD Chief Financial and Economic Directorate]
10. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=department&sub=legal_department_of_the_ministry Legal department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine]
11. [http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?part=command&lang=en Authorities of Ukrainian Armed Forces], [[Ukrainian defense ministry]]