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List of Ukrainian flags

The national flag of Ukraine in flagpole

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.

State flag

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Main article: Flag of Ukraine
Flag Date Use Description
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

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Main article: Flag of the President of Ukraine
Flag Date Use Description
1999 Presidential standard of Ukraine. The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags

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Main article: Flags of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Flags of service branches

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Flag Date Use Description
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 maroon 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

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Flag 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

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Flag Date Use Description
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.
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Flag Date Use Description
1992–1997 Naval jack of Ukraine
N/A
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
1994–2006 Blue cross.

Personal naval flags

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Flag Date Use
April 7, 1997 – President of Ukraine.
Flag of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Navy.
Ukrainian Minister of Defence flag at sea.
January 19, 1999 – Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.
Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
Ukrainian Navy Commander of Ship Group flag.

Former flags

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Flag Date Use
April 7, 1997 – January 19, 1999 Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
Flag of Deputy Commander of the Navy.
Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.

Government and non-military security forces

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Flag Date Use Description
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

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Main article: Flags of the regions of Ukraine

Flags of oblasts

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Flag 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 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
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

Flags of cities with special status

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Flag 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

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Flag 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

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Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

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Flag Date Use Description
1119–1349

Cossack Hetmanate

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Flag Date Use Description
1649–1764 Flag of the Cossack Hetmanate

Ukraine (1917–1921)

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Flag 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

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Flag Date Use Description
1918 Naval flag
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

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Flag 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

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Flag 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
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
1890–1918
1696–1917 Flag of the Russian Empire Most Ukrainian territories were under the rule of the Russian Empire after 1764.
1858–1896
1955–1991 Flag of the Soviet Union
1919–1929 Flag of Soviet Ukraine Each Soviet republic had its own flag.
1929–1937
1937–1950
1950–1992
1941–1944 Reichskommissariat Ukraine Flag of Nazi Germany used during the Nazi occupation times.

Other flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1930s–present Flag of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnyk's) (unofficial until 1955) Tryzub on a blue field
1941–present Flag of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera's) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army Bicolor of black and red
1945–present Flag of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in SFR Yugoslavia Horizontal bicolour of blue and yellow with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center
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