General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

General Staff of the Armed Forces

Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України
General Staff emblem
General Staff flag
Ministry of Defence Building in Kyiv
Staff overview
Formed	1992
Preceding Staff	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Minister responsible	Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defense
Staff executives	Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Anatoliy Barhylevych, Chief of the General Staff
Website	www.mil.gov.ua

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 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.