List of Ukrainian flags

The national flag of Ukraine in flagpole

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.

State flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1918–1921; 1992–present National flag, civil and state ensign, and naval jack Two horizontal stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom). The flag was originally used during the revolutions of 1848.
Vertical variant of national flag
1991–1992 State flag and naval jack Two stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom). The flag was originally used during the revolutions of 1848.

Presidential Standard

FlagDateUseDescription
1999 Presidential standard of Ukraine The golden tryzub (trident), within a golden border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags

Flags of service branches

FlagDateUseDescription
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.
2024–present Flag of the Unmanned Systems Forces

Command Standards

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

Flag Date Use Description
2006– Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper hoist corner.
1997– Search and rescue ships
Auxiliary ships
2001– Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper hoist 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 hoist corner.
N/A Red Cross for hospital ships Red cross.
Flag Date Use Description
1992–1997 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 hoist corner.
N/A
1994–2006 Blue cross.

Personal naval flags

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

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

FlagDateUseDescription
2002 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
2002 Security Service of Ukraine
2008 Special Communications Service
2002 Internal Troops Blue field with Internal Troops emblem in the center.
2014 National Guard Blue field with National Guard emblem in the center.
2016 State Emergency Service White field with flag of Ukraine in the canton and State Emergency Service emblem in the center.
2003 Customs Service
Anti-Monopoly Committee
2004 State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate
2003 State Statistics Service
2006 State Service for Financial Monitoring
2003 State Reserve Agency
Treasury of Ukraine
2016 State Service for Transportation Safety

Flags of Ukrainian regions

Flags of oblasts

FlagDateUseDescription
2000 Flag of Poltava Oblast Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field
1998 Flag of Cherkasy Oblast Oblast coat of arms on blue field
1999 Flag of Kyiv Oblast
2000 Flag of Chernihiv Oblast
Flag of Sumy Oblast Oblast coat of arms on blue field
2003 Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast
1997 Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast
2002 Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
2001 Flag of Lviv Oblast
2001 Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
2003 Flag of Ternopil Oblast
2001 Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast
2009 Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast
2004 Flag of Volyn Oblast
2005 Flag of Rivne Oblast
1998 Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast
1999 Flag of Kharkiv Oblast Oblast coat of arms on crimson field
Flag of Donetsk Oblast
1998 Flag of Luhansk Oblast Oblast coat of arms in top hoist corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars
2002 Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
2026 Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast
2002 Flag of Odesa Oblast
2001 Flag of Kherson Oblast
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Flags of cities with special status

FlagDateUseDescription
1995 Flag of Kyiv Archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and a shield.
2000 Flag of Sevastopol Seal of the city on a red field.

Flags of other cities

FlagDateUseDescription
1995 Flag of Cherkasy
2008 Flag of Chernihiv
1992 Flag of Chernivtsi
2001 Flag of Konotop
1995 Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk
1997 Flag of Khmelnytskyi
1996 Flag of Kropyvnytskyi
1991 Flag of Lviv
2007 Flag of Lutsk
1998 Flag of Bila Tserkva
1996 Flag of Poltava
1993 Flag of Rivne
2000 Flag of Sumy
1993 Flag of Ternopil
Flag of Vinnytsia
1990 Flag of Uzhhorod
2007 Flag of Zhytomyr

Historical flags

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

FlagDateUseDescription
1119–1349

Cossack Hetmanate

FlagDateUseDescription
1649–1764 Flag of the Cossack Hetmanate

Ukraine (1917–1921)

FlagDateUseDescription
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
1918–1920 Flag of the Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic
1918–1920 Flag of the Makhnovshchina

Maritime flags

FlagDateUseDescription
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

FlagDateUseDescription
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

FlagDateUseDescription
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
1919–1929 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Each Soviet republic had its own flag.
1929–1937
1937–1950


 1950–1991
1941–1944 Reichskommissariat Ukraine Flag of Nazi Germany used during the Nazi occupation times.

Other flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1930s–present Flag of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnyk's) (unofficial until 1955) Tryzub (trident) on a blue field
1941–present Flag of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera's) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army Horizontal bicolor of black and red
1946–1992 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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