A number of Ukrainian flag officers have been killed, wounded or captured during the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian takeover of Crimea, the War in Donbas and the ongoing war. As of December 2025, this list includes 9 officers, including three of those who were promoted to general rank posthumously and one foreign general.
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Image Name Rank Position Date reported Status Notes 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Mykhailo Koval Colonel General Human Recources manager, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Captured by Russian Airborne Forces servicemen in Crimea. Released one day after. Serhiy Hayduk Counter admiral Commander, Ukrainian Navy Captured by pro-Russian forces alongside 8 other officials. Released one day after. War in Donbass (2014–2022) Serhii Kulchytskyi Major General Chief, Combat and Special Training Department of the National Guard of Ukraine Killed alongside 12 other servicemen when their Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Sloviansk. Mykhailo Kutsyn Lieutenant General Chief of the General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine Shell-shocked in July 2014 in the Donbas war. Dismissed from his position by President Poroshenko.Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory, BBC News (3 July 2014)President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces, Ukrinform (3 July 2014) Colonel Deputy Chief, Eastern Regional Office of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine; Chief, Killed by a Grad salvo in the Zelenopillia rocket attack. Colonel Commander, 21st Separate Public Order Protection Brigade Ambushed alongside a battalion commander and a soldier in Lysychansk. Isa Munayev Brigadier General of Chechen National Army Commander, Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion Killed by tank shell shrapnel during the Battle of Debaltseve Maksym Shapoval Colonel Commander, 10th Special Purpose Detachment Killed by a car bombing in central Kyiv. Russo-Ukrainian War (2022–present) Artem Kotenko Brigadier General Chief of Staff, Ukrainian Air Assault Forces According to Russian sources, Kotenko, alongside another officer, died of shrapnel wounds or wounds he sustained in a car crash. His death was confirmed by the Zhytomyr City Council on 4 November 2024.
See also Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War List of Russian generals killed during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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