Back ميخايلو كوتسين ARZ Mykhaïlo Koutsyne French Куцин, Михаил Николаевич Russian Mihajlo Kucin Serbo-Croatian Куцин Михайло Миколайович Ukrainian
Mykhailo Kutsyn | |
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| Native name | Михайло Миколайович Куцин |
| Born | 15 August 1957 Svoboda, Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1978–1991) Ukraine (1992–2014) |
| Branch | Soviet Army Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1978–2014 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Western Operational Command (2004–2010) Armed Forces of Ukraine (2014) |
Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (Ukrainian: Михайло Миколайович Куцин; born 15 August 1957) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General, who served as a Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4] He was appointed Chief of the General Staff by acting president Oleksandr Turchynov on 28 February 2014.[1][5] Kutsyn was relieved of this post by president Petro Poroshenko on 3 July 2014.[4] Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn for his service and stated he had been shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 in Donbas, and was recovering at a hospital.[6]
A graduate of Tank school, Kutsyn served with the Soviet Army in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Czechoslovakia and East Germany. He enlisted as a Major 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.
- ^ a b "Mykhailo Kutsyn appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian army". KyivPost. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia". New York Times. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Михайло Куцин призначений начальником Генштабу. newsradio.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ Главнокомандующим Вооруженных сил Украины стал генерал-"танкист" Куцин. ru.tsn.ua (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
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