List of Ukrainian flags
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State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
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Standard of Ukrainian DSNS Head |
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Ukrainian Department of the State Guard Head Standard |
| Standard of Ukrainian Security Service Head | |
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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. |
Naval flags
Personal naval flags
Former flags
Government and non-military security forces
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Border Guard Service of Ukraine | |||
| 2002 | Security Service of Ukraine | ||
| 2008 | Special Communications Service | ||
| Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs | |||
| 2014 | National Guard | Blue field with National Guard logo in the center. | |
| State Emergency Service | |||
| State Emergency Service | |||
| 2003 | Customs Service | ||
| Anti-Monopoly Committee | |||
| 2004 | State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate | ||
| 2003 | State Statistics Service | ||
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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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2001 | Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast | ||
| 2002 | Flag of Odesa Oblast | ||
| 2001 | Flag of Kherson Oblast | ||
| Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Flags of cities with special status
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Flag of Cherkasy | ||
| 2008 | Flag of Chernihiv | ||
| Flag of Chernivtsi | |||
| Flag of Konotop | |||
| 1995 | Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| 1997 | Flag of Khmelnytskyi | ||
| 1996 | Flag of Kropyvnytskyi | ||
| 1991 | Flag of Lviv | ||
| 2007 | Flag of Lutsk | ||
| Flag of Bila Tserkva | |||
| 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
Cossack Hetmanate
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1649–1764 | Flag of the Cossack Hetmanate |
Ukraine (1917–1921)
| 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
| 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
| 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) |
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| Royal standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine | |||
| Royal standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine |
Foreign flags
| 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 | |||
| 1950–1991 | |||
| 1941–1944 | Reichskommissariat Ukraine | Flag of Nazi Germany used during the Nazi occupation times. |
Other flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
External links
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- Історія українського прапору (in Ukrainian)
- Проголошення УНР (1917) (in Ukrainian)






