[8] On 10 December 1984 he was awarded a Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) degree from Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School.

[11] Hrytsenko is author of more than 100 scientific papers published in Ukraine, Belgium, the Netherlands, United States, Germany and Switzerland.

[5] On 4 August 2006, he was appointed again as head of the Ministry of Defence in the government of Viktor Yanukovych on the quota of President Yushchenko.

Petro Poroshenko's commissioner for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts stated that "Today, in fact, the hospital where our guys are being treated belongs to the invader country."

[22] Civil Position gained one seat in the Ternopil city council during the 2010 Ukrainian local elections.

According to the opinion poll ordered by 1+1 TV channel and conducted by GfK Ukraine on 6–8 May, 5.6 per cent of the surveyed planned to vote for him.

[31] In the 2014 parliamentary election Civil Position took part on a joint list with members of the Democratic Alliance.

[38] Hrytsenko's candidacy was supported by the European Party of Ukraine, Native Land, Alternative, and Wave.

[39] On 1 March (2019) fellow candidates Andriy Sadovyi and Dmytro Gnap withdrew from the election and urged (their) voters to support Hrytsenko.