General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian: Генеральний штаб Збройних Сил України) is the military staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is the central organ of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational management of the armed forces under the Ministry of Defence.

The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Ukraine, who is the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko.^[1]

It was created in 1991-92 on the basis of Headquarters Kiev Military District of the former Soviet Armed Forces.

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• Chief of the General Staff Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko
  • Assistants to the Chief of the General Staff
  • Directorate, Main Intelligence Department (J-2)
  • 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^[2]
      • Financial Directorate
      • Main Financial-Economic Directorate^[3] (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)
    • Main Directorate for Communications and Information Systems (J-6)
    • Central Directorate for Information Security and Cryptology
    • Administration Directorate
    • Legal Directorate^[4]

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