Medical Forces Command

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = Medical Forces Command

| image = НЗ командування медичних сил (2020).png

| caption = Emblem

| dates = 2020 – present

| country = {{flag|Ukraine}}

| type = Medical corps

| role = Provide healthcare for all the military personnel in the Armed Forces

| size = 100,000

| command_structure = {{armed forces|Ukraine}}

| current_commander = Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk

| garrison = Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv

| nickname = "КМС ЗСУ", KMS ZSU

| battles = * Russo-Ukrainian War

}}

Medical Forces Command ({{langx|uk|Командування Медичних сил Збройних Сил України}}) is the specialist corps in the Ukrainian Armed Forces responsible for providing medical services to military personnel and their families. At the beginning of February 2020, the command was established, providing for the unification of the medical service under the leadership of the Commander of the Medical Forces, who in turn is subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[http://uprom.info/news/v-zbrojnyh-sylah-ukrayiny-stvoreno-komanduvannya-medychnyh-syl/amp/ В Збройних силах України створено Командування медичних сил] на http://uprom.info/ Four operational commands will be created within Medical Forces Command, totalling to 134 people.[http://mil.in.ua/uk/news/v-zsu-stvoreno-komanduvannya-medychnyh-syl/ В ЗСУ створено Командування медичних сил] на http://mil.in.ua/

Commanders

Major General Igor Khomenko (2020–2021)[http://armyinform.com.ua/2019/07/ігор-хоменко-ми-не-економимо-на-здоро/ Ігор Хоменко: «Ми не економимо на здоров'ї тих, хто захищає Україну»] на http://armyinform.com.ua/
Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko (2021–2023){{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=For the first time in history: Armed Forces now have a female commander |url=https://rubryka.com/en/2021/07/30/upershe-v-istoriyi-u-zsu-z-yavylasya-zhinka-komanduvach/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Rubryka}}{{cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4212022-42901|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №421/2022|date=17 June 2022|access-date=21 June 2022|language=uk}}
Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk (since 2023){{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Зеленський змінив командувача Медичних сил ЗСУ |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3788984-zelenskij-zminiv-komanduvaca-medicnih-sil-zsu.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.ukrinform.ua |language=uk}}

On 19 November 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made changes to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Medical Forces by replacing the commander Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko with Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk.{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2023 |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-calls-rapid-operations-changes-soldiers-sacks-commander-2023-11-19/ |title= Zelenskiy calls for rapid operations changes for soldiers, sacks commander |author= Ron Popeski|author2= Oleksandr Kozhukhar |work=Reuters |access-date= 20 November 2023 }}

On 1 December 2023, Ukrainian Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk was officially made the head of the Commander of the Medical Forces of Ukraine. After faulty Chinese medical equipment has flooded Ukraine, combined with poor training has led to the loss of life. Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, in his comments, at the swearing in ceremony, talked about combining NATO approaches with Ukrainian combat experience.{{Cite news |date= 2 December 2023|author= Lance Luo |url= https://news.yahoo.com/defense-chief-appoints-head-ukraine-223030467.html|title=Defense chief appoints new head of Ukraine’s medical forces |work=Yahoo! News |access-date= 2 December 2023}}

References

External links

[http://www.armyfm.com.ua/komanduvannya-medichnih-sil-tretye-za-chiselnistyu-v-zsu/ КОМАНДУВАННЯ МЕДИЧНИХ СИЛ ТРЕТЄ ЗА ЧИСЕЛЬНІСТЮ В ЗСУ]

Category:Medical units and formations

Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine

Category:Military units and formations established in 2020