List of Ukrainian flags

The national flag of Ukraine

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.

State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1920; 1992–Present	State flag and Naval Jack	Two stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom).
	1918–1920; 1992–Present	Vertical variant of State flag

Presidential Standard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1999	Presidential standard of Ukraine.	The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags

Flags of service branches

Date	Use	Description
N/A	Flag of the Ministry of Defence	Raspberry color field with Ministry of Defence logo in the center.
	Flag of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces	Raspberry color field with General Staff logo in the center.
	Flag of the Armed Forces	Raspberry color field with Armed Forces logo in the center.
	Flag of the Ground Forces	Raspberry color field with Ground Forces logo in the center.
	Flag of the Navy	Blue cross with the State flag of Ukraine flag located in the canton.
	Flag of the Air Force	Blue 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

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
1997–	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

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

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

Flags of Ukrainian regions

Flags of oblasts

Use	Date	Description
Flag of Cherkasy Oblast	1998	Oblast coat of arms on blue field
Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast	2001
Flag of Chernihiv Oblast	2000
Flag of Donetsk Oblast	1999
Flag of Dnipro Oblast	2002
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	2001
Flag of Kharkiv Oblast	1999	Oblast coat of arms on crimson field
Flag of Kherson Oblast	2001
Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast	2002
Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast	1998
Flag of Kyiv Oblast	1999
Flag of Luhansk Oblast	1998	Oblast coat of arms in top left corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars
Flag of Lviv Oblast	2001
Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast	2001
Flag of Odesa Oblast	2002
Flag of Poltava Oblast	2000	Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field
Flag of Rivne Oblast	2005
Flag of Sumy Oblast	2000	Oblast coat of arms on blue field
Flag of Ternopil Oblast	2003
Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast	1997
Flag of Volyn Oblast	2004
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast	2001
Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast	2009
Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast	2003

Flags of cities with special status

Flag	Use	Date	Description
	Flag of Kyiv	1995	Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield.
	Flag of Sevastopol	2000	Seal of the city.

Flags of other cities

Flag	Use	Date	Description
	Flag of Cherkasy	1995
	Flag of Chernihiv	2008
	Flag of Chernivtsi
	Flag of Dnipro	2012
	Flag of Donetsk (Zakharovo-Khartsyzk)	2004
	Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk	1995
	Flag of Kharkiv	1995
	Flag of Kherson
	Flag of Khmelnytskyi	1997
	Flag of Kropyvnytskyi	1996
	Flag of Konotop	2001
	Flag of Luhansk	2006
	Flag of Lviv	1991
	Flag of Lutsk	2007
	Flag of Mykolaiv	1999
	Flag of Odesa	2011
	Flag of Poltava
	Flag of Rivne	1993
	Flag of Simferopol	2006
	Flag of Sumy	2000
	Flag of Ternopil	1993
	Flag of Vinnytsia	1993
	Flag of Uzhhorod	1990
	Flag of Zaporizhzhia	2001
	Flag of Zhytomyr	2007

Regional and minority flags

Date	Use	Description
1917	Flag of the Crimean Tatars	Currently, 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.
1917–1918	Religious flag of the Crimean Tatars
1917–1918	Military flag of the Crimean Tatars

Historical flags

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1119–1349

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1848–1918	Supreme Ruthenian Council

Cossack Hetmanate

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Zaporozhian Sich	1700-?
		Historical flag of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Crimean Khanate (1441–1478)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1441-1478	Flag of The Crimean Khanate	a blue field with a golden Giray tamga in the canton

Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State

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

Maritime flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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

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
		Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine
		Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine

Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1930s–present	Flag 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 Army	Bicolor of black and red

Flags of occupational powers

Ottoman Empire

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1478-1499	Flag of The Ottoman Empire
	1517-1774	Flag of The Ottoman Empire

Poland and Lithuania

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

Russian Empire (1654–1917)

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

Maritime flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Naval jack	Naval Jack of the Imperial Russian Navy

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Until 1849	Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria.
	1849–1890	Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria
	1890–1918	Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria

Makhnovshchina

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1921	Flags of the Makhnovshchina	See Anarchist symbolism § Black flag

Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR

Date	Use	Description
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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1919-1940, 1941-1945	Budjak, Chernivtsi Oblast, Transnistria Governorate

Nazi Germany

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1939 – 1944	Reichskommissariat Ukraine, General Governorate, Teilbezirk Krym

Miscellaneous

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2011 – 2015	Special Victory Banner for the Soviet-era holidays

External links

Flags of Ukraine from Vexillographia (in Russian)

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