Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (Ukrainian: Михайло Миколайович Куцин; born 15 August 1957) is a former Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

[4] Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn for his service and stated he had been shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass.

[6] A graduate of Tank school, Kutsyn served with the Soviet Army in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Czechoslovakia and Germany.

He enlisted in the Ukrainian Ground Forces after the nation gained independence in 1991, and was head of the Western Operational Command for six years, before being appointed Deputy Minister of Defence in March 2010.

From 1992 to 1996, he served as Chief of Staff and regiment commander of the Carpathian Military District of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.