Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
Командувач Сухопутних військ ЗС України
Ensign of the Commander
Incumbent Hennadii Shapovalov since 19 June 2025
Ukrainian Ground Forces
Abbreviation	CGF ZSU
Member of	General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Residence	Kyiv
Appointer	The president
Formation	7 April 1994
First holder	Vasyl Sobkov

The commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (Ukrainian: Командувач Сухопутних військ) is the professional head of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. In 2001–2005 it was known as commander-in-chief (Ukrainian: Головнокомандувач Сухопутних військ).

While the chief of ground forces post had been created in early 1992, it was over two years before the first holder, Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov, was appointed on 7 April 1994.^[1]