The national flag of Ukraine

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.

State flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1918–1920; 1992–PresentState flag and Naval JackTwo stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom).
Vertical variant of State flag

Presidential Standard

FlagDateUseDescription
1999Presidential standard of Ukraine.The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags

Flags of service branches

FlagDateUseDescription
N/AFlag of the Ministry of DefenceRaspberry color field with Ministry of Defence logo in the center.
Flag of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed ForcesRaspberry color field with General Staff logo in the center.
Flag of the Armed ForcesRaspberry color field with Armed Forces logo in the center.
Flag of the Ground ForcesRaspberry color field with Ground Forces logo in the center.
Flag of the NavyBlue cross with the State flag of Ukraine flag located in the canton.
Flag of the Air ForceBlue field with Air Force logo in the center.
Flag of the Air Assault Forces (Until 2018)A blue-green bicolor with the emblem of the airmobile forces in the center.
Flag of the Special operations 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 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.

Former flags

Flag 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

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
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
2002Security Service of Ukraine
2008Special Communications Service Ensign
Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs
2014National Guard flagBlue field with National Guard logo in the center.
State Emergency Service
State Emergency Service
2003Customs Service Ensign
Anti-Monopoly Committee Ensign
2004State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate Ensign
2003State Statistics Service Ensign
2006State Service for Financial Monitoring Ensign
2003State Reserve Agency Ensign
Treasury of Ukraine
2016State Service for Transportation Safety

Flags of Ukrainian regions

Flags of oblasts

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Cherkasy Oblast1998Oblast coat of arms on blue field
Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast2001
Flag of Chernihiv Oblast2000
Flag of Donetsk Oblast1999
Flag of Dnipro Oblast2002
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast2001
Flag of Kharkiv Oblast1999Oblast coat of arms on crimson field
Flag of Kherson Oblast2001
Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast2002
Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast1998
Flag of Kyiv Oblast1999
Flag of Luhansk Oblast1998Oblast coat of arms in top left corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars
Flag of Lviv Oblast2001
Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast
Flag of Odesa Oblast2002
Flag of Poltava Oblast2000Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field
Flag of Rivne Oblast2005
Flag of Sumy Oblast2000Oblast coat of arms on blue field
Flag of Ternopil Oblast2003
Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast1997
Flag of Volyn Oblast2004
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast2001
Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast2009
Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast2003

Flags of cities with special status

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Kyiv1995Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield.
Flag of Sevastopol2000Seal of the city.

Flags of other cities

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Cherkasy1995
Flag of Chernihiv2008
Flag of Chernivtsi
Flag of Dnipro2012
Flag of Donetsk (Zakharovo-Khartsyzk)2004
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk1995
Flag of Kharkiv
Flag of Kherson
Flag of Khmelnytskyi1997
Flag of Kropyvnytskyi1996
Flag of Konotop2001
Flag of Luhansk2006
Flag of Lviv1991
Flag of Lutsk2007
Flag of Mykolaiv1999
Flag of Odesa2011
Flag of Poltava
Flag of Rivne1993
Flag of Simferopol2006
Flag of Sumy2000
Flag of Ternopil1993
Flag of Vinnytsia
Flag of Uzhhorod1990
Flag of Zaporizhzhia2001
Flag of Zhytomyr2007

Regional and minority flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1917Flag of the Crimean TatarsCurrently, only the light blue flag is used, which is now an ethnic flag. The golden colored damğa was used in the upper left corner of the flag and sometimes in the center.
1917–1918Religious flag of the Crimean Tatars
Military flag of the Crimean Tatars

Historical flags

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

FlagDateUseDescription
1119–1349

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

FlagDateUseDescription
1848–1918Supreme Ruthenian Council

Cossack Hetmanate

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Zaporozhian Sich

1700-?

Historical flag of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Crimean Khanate (1441–1478)

FlagDateUseDescription
1441-1478Flag of The Crimean Khanatea blue field with a golden Giray tamga in the canton

Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State

FlagDateUseDescription
1917–1918Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
1917Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic (non-official)
1918–1919Flag of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Hutsul Republic
1918Naval flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
1918–1920Flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR
1918–1920Naval flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR
1918Naval flag of the Ukrainian State

Maritime flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1918 Naval flag
N/A Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called Andreevskiy (St. Andrew's) flag
1918 Naval Ensign of the Ukrainian State
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
October 1992 to 1995 The naval ensign of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Royal Family standards

FlagDateUseDescription
1918Personal Standard of Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Royal Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine (land use only)
Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine
Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine
Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine

Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists

FlagDateUseDescription
1930s–presentFlag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykite) (unofficial until 1955)Tryzub on a blue field
1941–present
1942–1956
Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderite) and Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyBicolor of black and red

Flags of occupational powers

Ottoman Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
1478-1499Flag of The Ottoman Empire
1517-1774Flag of The Ottoman Empire

Poland and Lithuania

FlagDateUseDescription
1349–1587Royal banner of Poland
1561–1587Royal Banner of Lithuania
1587–1592Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1592–1599Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Vasa Dynasty)
1599–1674Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon Dynasty)
1674–1696Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Sobieski Dynasty)
1704–1709
1733–1736
Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Leszczyński Dynasty)
1764–1795Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poniatowski Dynasty)

Russian Empire (1654–1917)

FlagDateUseDescription
1696–1917/1918Civil ensign / state flag of Russia
1858–1896Flag of Russia
1914–1917Flag of Russia (for private use)
1710/1721–1858Imperial Standard of Russia
1858–1917Imperial Standard of Russia

Maritime flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Naval jack Naval Jack of the Imperial Russian Navy

Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918

FlagDateUseDescription
 ?–1918 Flag of the Habsburg monarchy, also the flag of the Austrian Empire, from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 flag of Cisleithanian Austria
1786–1915 Naval Ensign, Merchant Ensign (until 1869)
1869–1918 Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary
1915–1918 Naval Ensign
1815 –
Late 19th Century
Standard of the Emperor
Late 19th Century –
1915
Standard of the Emperor
1915–1918 Standard of the Emperor
FlagDateUseDescription
Until 1849Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria.
1849–1890Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria
1890–1918Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria

Makhnovshchina

FlagDateUseDescription
1918–1921Flags of the MakhnovshchinaSee Anarchist symbolism § Black flag

Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR

FlagDateUseDescription
1937 – 1949 Ukrainian SSR See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1945 – 1992 Flag of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in Yugoslavia Flag of Ukraine with a red star in the center.
1950 – 1992 Ukrainian SSR See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1922 – 1991 Soviet Union See Flag of the Soviet Union
1919?-1991, 1997-2022 Komsomol of Ukraine A red flag with the emblem of the organization in the centre with the text "For right of the youth, power of the people, socialism!" and the name of the organization in Ukrainian on the bottom.

Kingdom of Romania

FlagDateUseDescription
1919-1940, 1941-1945 Budjak, Chernivtsi Oblast, Transnistria Governorate

Nazi Germany

FlagDateUseDescription
1939 – 1944 Reichskommissariat Ukraine, General Governorate, Teilbezirk Krym

Miscellaneous

FlagDateUseDescription
2011 – 2015 Special Victory Banner for the Soviet-era holidays

Flags of Ukraine from Vexillographia (in Russian)

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