Mykhailo Kutsyn

Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (born 15 August 1957) is Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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. He was appointed to his current position by acting president Oleksandr Turchynov on 28 February 2014.