Oleksandr Syrskyi

Oleksandr Syrskyi
Oleksandr Syrskyi
Олександр Сирський
	Official portrait, 2021
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 February 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
	In office; 5 August 2019 – 11 February 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Volodymyr Groysman; Oleksiy Honcharuk; Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Serhiy Popko
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Pavliuk
Personal details
Born	26 July 1965; Novinki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow Higher Military Command School
Awards	Hero of Ukraine; Cross of Military Merit; Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky I, II and III degree;
Nickname(s)	Snow Leopard; Butcher; General 200
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Ukraine;
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1986–1991 (Soviet Union); 1991–present (Ukraine)
Rank	General
Commands	Ukrainian Ground Forces, 2019–
Battles/wars	Soviet-Afghan War; Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Battle of Debaltseve; ; Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Kyiv; Kharkiv counteroffensive Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022); ; Battle of Bakhmut; 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive; Battle of Avdiivka; ; ;

Oleksandr Stanislavovych Syrskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Станіславович Сирський; born 26 July 1965) is a Ukrainian military officer. Holding the rank of four-star general, he has served as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 8 February 2024. Previously, he was the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces from 2019 to 2024, and the commander of the Joint Forces Operation from May to August 2019.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Syrskyi commanded the defence of Kyiv. In September 2022, he commanded the Kharkiv counteroffensive. He then led the defense of Bakhmut into 2023.