State flag
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1918–1921; 1992–present | State flag and Naval Jack | Two stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom). The flag was originally founded during the revolutions of 1848. | |
Vertical variant of State flag |
Presidential Standard
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1999 | Presidential standard of Ukraine. | The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field. |
Military flags
editFlags of service branches
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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2006–present | Flag of the Ministry of Defence | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Ministry of Defence in the center. | |
Flag of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the General Staff in the center. | ||
Flag of the Armed Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Armed Forces in the center. | ||
Flag of the Ground Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Ground Forces in the center. | ||
Flag of the Navy | A blue cross with the national flag located in the canton. | ||
Flag of the Air Force | A blue field with the emblem of the Air Force in the center. | ||
2017–present | Flag of the Air Assault Forces | A purple field with the emblem of the Air Assault Forces in the center. | |
Flag of the Special Operations Forces | A grey field with the emblem of the Special Operations Forces in the center. | ||
2023–present | Flag of the Marine Corps | A teal field with a dark blue cross and the emblem of the Marine Corps in the center. |
Command Standards
editFlag | Name |
---|---|
Standard of the Minister of Defense | |
Standard of the Chief of the General Staff | |
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Ground Forces | |
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Air Force | |
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Navy | |
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of National Guard | |
Standard of the Head of Border Guard | |
Standard of Ukrainian DSNS Head | |
Ukrainian Department of the State Guard Head Standard | |
Standard of Ukrainian Security Service Head | |
Standard of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine |
Maritime flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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2006– | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. | |
1997– | Search and rescue ships | ||
Auxiliary ships | |||
2001– | Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine | Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. | |
1993– | Sea Guard jack of Ukraine | ||
1918– | Pennant | Blue cross. | |
2001– | Sea Guard Pennant | Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. | |
N/A | Red Cross for hospital ships | Red cross. |
Naval flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1992–1997 | Naval jack of Ukraine | ||
N/A | Naval jack of Ukraine | ||
1993–2001 | Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine | ||
1918, 1992–present | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. | |
N/A | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. | |
1994–2006 | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross. |
Personal naval flags
editFormer flags
editGovernment and non-military security forces
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine | |||
2002 | Security Service of Ukraine | ||
2008 | Special Communications Service Ensign | ||
Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs | |||
2014 | National Guard flag | Blue field with National Guard logo in the center. | |
State Emergency Service | |||
State Emergency Service | |||
2003 | Customs Service Ensign | ||
Anti-Monopoly Committee Ensign | |||
2004 | State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate Ensign | ||
2003 | State Statistics Service Ensign | ||
2006 | State Service for Financial Monitoring Ensign | ||
2003 | State Reserve Agency Ensign | ||
Treasury of Ukraine | |||
2016 | State Service for Transportation Safety |
Flags of Ukrainian regions
editFlags of oblasts
editFlag | Use | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Poltava Oblast | 2000 | Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field | |
Flag of Cherkasy Oblast | 1998 | Oblast coat of arms on blue field | |
Flag of Kyiv Oblast | 1999 | ||
Flag of Chernihiv Oblast | 2000 | ||
Flag of Sumy Oblast | 2000 | Oblast coat of arms on blue field | |
Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast | 2003 | ||
Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast | 1997 | ||
Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 2002 | ||
Flag of Lviv Oblast | |||
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 2001 | ||
Flag of Ternopil Oblast | 2003 | ||
Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast | 2001 | ||
Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast | 2009 | ||
Flag of Volyn Oblast | 2004 | ||
Flag of Rivne Oblast | 2005 | ||
Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast | 1998 | ||
Flag of Kharkiv Oblast | 1999 | Oblast coat of arms on crimson field | |
Flag of Donetsk Oblast | 1999 | ||
Flag of Luhansk Oblast | 1998 | Oblast coat of arms in top left corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars | |
Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 2002 | ||
Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast | 2001 | ||
Flag of Odesa Oblast | 2002 | ||
Flag of Kherson Oblast | 2001 | ||
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 2001 |
Flags of cities with special status
editFlag | Use | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Kyiv | 1995 | Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield. | |
Flag of Sevastopol | 2000 | Seal of the city. |
Flags of other cities
editFlag | Use | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Cherkasy | 1995 | ||
Flag of Chernihiv | 2008 | ||
Flag of Chernivtsi | |||
Flag of Konotop | |||
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk | 1995 | ||
Flag of Khmelnytskyi | 1997 | ||
Flag of Kropyvnytskyi | 1996 | ||
Flag of Lviv | 1991 | ||
Flag of Lutsk | 2007 | ||
Flag of Bila Tserkva | |||
Flag of Poltava | |||
Flag of Rivne | 1993 | ||
Flag of Sumy | 2000 | ||
Flag of Ternopil | 1993 | ||
Flag of Vinnytsia | |||
Flag of Uzhhorod | 1990 | ||
Flag of Zhytomyr | 2007 |
Historical flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1119–1349 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1649–1764 | Flag of the Cossack Hetmanate |
Ukraine (1917–1921)
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1917–1918 | Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic (unofficial) | ||
1918–1921 | Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the West Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian State |
Maritime flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Naval flag | ||
1918 | Naval flag of the Ukrainian State | ||
1918–1921 | Naval flag of the Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
September 17, 1918 | Naval Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine | ||
Hetman as the Admiral | |||
Flag of a member of the Hetman family in the admiral rank | |||
Flag of the Black Sea Fleet Commander | |||
Flag of the War Minister | |||
Flag of the Marine Minister | |||
Flag of Comrade Marine Minister | |||
Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff | |||
Flag of the Chief of the General Naval Staff | |||
Flag of the Chief of the Marine General Headquarters | |||
Flag of the General Commander of the Naval Forces | |||
Flag of the Chief Commandant of the ports of the Black and Azov Seas | |||
Flag of the Port Commandant | |||
Flag of the Ambassador of the Ukrainian State | |||
Flag of the Messengers (heads of diplomatic missions) | |||
Flag of the Consul General, Consul and Vice-Consul | |||
Rear Admiral | |||
Vice Admiral | |||
Admiral | |||
1918 | Naval jack |
Royal family standards
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Personal Standard of Pavlo Skoropadskyi | ||
Royal Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine (land use only) | |||
Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine | See Oleksandra Skoropadska | ||
Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine | |||
Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine |
Foreign flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1569–1587 | Flag of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Most Ukrainian territories were under the rule of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Union of Lublin. | |
1587–1629 | Flag of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||
1804–1867 | Flag of the Austrian Empire | Most of Western Ukraine was a part of the Austrian Empire after the partitions of Poland. | |
1772–1849 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria | Austrian regional flags of the regions populated by Ukrainians | |
1849–1890 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria | ||
1890–1918 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria | ||
1696–1917 | Flag of the Russian Empire | Most Ukrainian territories were under the rule of the Russian Empire after 1764. | |
1858–1896 | Flag of the Russian Empire | ||
1955–1991 | Flag of the Soviet Union | ||
1919–1929 | Flag of Soviet Ukraine | Each Soviet republic had its own flag. | |
1929–1937 | Flag of Soviet Ukraine | ||
1937–1950 | Flag of Soviet Ukraine | ||
1950–1992 | Flag of Soviet Ukraine | ||
1941–1944 | Reichskommissariat Ukraine | Identical to the flag of Nazi Germany |
Other flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1941–present | Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderite) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army | Bicolor of black and red | |
1930s–present | Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykite) (unofficial until 1955) | Tryzub on a blue field |
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Ukraine.
- Історія українського прапору (in Ukrainian)
- Проголошення УНР (1917) (in Ukrainian)