Serhiy Popko

Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko (Сергі́й Микола́йович Попко́, born 13 February 1961 in Kyiv ) is a Ukrainian military general and a former commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (2016-2019). Previously, Popko was the commanding officer of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation. He is a graduate of the Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School. In 2017, he was promoted to colonel general.

From August 2019 to May 2020 Popko was Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defense.

On 21 October 2022 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Popka Chief of the Kyiv City Military Administration. Popko’s tenure was accompanied with the Russian armed forces targeting Kyiv with missile attacks. In December 2023, Ukrainian NGO Chesno stated that there was no clear demarcation of city management duties between Popko and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. They both co-chair the Kyiv Defense Council.