Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (born 15 August 1957) is a former Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the

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(3 July 2014)President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces

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(3 July 2014) He was appointed Chief of the General Staff by acting president

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on 28 February 2014. Kutsyn was relieved of this post by president

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on 3 July 2014. Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn for his service and stated he had been

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on 2 July 2014 while combating the

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. He had suffered

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and was staying at a hospital.Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone

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(3 July 2014) A graduate of tank school, Kutsyn served with the

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and

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. He enlisted in the

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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.

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at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence 1957 births Living people People from Zakarpattia Oblast People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class Soviet military personnel Lieutenant generals of Ukraine Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine) Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas {{Ukraine-mil-bio-stub