Operational Command South
Operational Command South | |
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Оперативне командування «Південь» | |
Andriy Kovalchuk[1] |
The Operational Command South (OC South) is a formation of the
In 2005-2013 it was known as the Southern Operation Association.
In January 2007 RIA Novosti reported that destruction of ammunition would take place at the 275th artillery ammunition base (275-й артиллерийской базе боеприпасов) near the village of Novobogdanivka, Zaporizha region.[2]
Until 2015 Operational Command South covered 9 oblasts and autonomous republics: Odesa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In 2015 eastern parts of the operation command territory were passed on to newly formed
Composition
By 1 July 2006, the Southern Operational Command included 6th Army Corps (6 AK) and other units comprising:
- 17th Armoured Brigade (Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
- 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade (Chornomorske, Odesa Oblast) reorganized as 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in 2015.
- 92nd Mechanised Brigade Kluhoshyno-Bashkyrivka, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
- 93rd Mechanised Brigade. Cherkaske Novomoskovsk Raion Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- 55th Artillery Brigade (Zaporizhzhia)
- 107th Rocket Launcher Regiment (Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast)
- 25th Airborne Brigade Hvardiiske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv)
- 11th Army Aviation Regiment (Chornobaivka, Kherson Oblast)
- 1039th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Hvardiiske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
- 3rd special purpose Regiment. Kropyvnytskyi
- 50 Academic squad of special training. Kropyvnytskyi
Exercises that command units have taken part in include "Autumn-98", "reaction", "Southern redoubt-99", "Redoubt-2000", including peacekeeping – series of "Peace Shield", "Cossack Steppe," "common neighborhood", "Sea Breeze", "Fairway of Peace," "South," "cooperative partner" joint exercises with units of the armed forces of France and Italy.[3]
Organization
Operational Command South has operational command of ground force units in Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Kherson oblasts.
- Operational Command South, in Odesa
- 21st Mechanized Brigade, in
- 28th Mechanized Brigade, in Chornomorske
- 41st Mechanized Brigade, in Odesa
- 56th Motorized Brigade (was based in Melitopol)
- 57th Motorized Brigade, in Kropyvnytskyi
- 59th Motorized Brigade, in Haisyn
- 60th Mechanized Brigade
- 40th Artillery Brigade, in Pervomaisk
- 38th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Nova Odesa
- 7th Signal Regiment, in Odesa
- 16th Engineer Regiment, in
- 145th Maintenance Regiment, in
- 131st Reconnaissance Battalion, in Hushchyntsi
- 143rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in
- 183rd Materiel Support Battalion, in Balta
- 225th Transport Battalion, in Balta
- 363rd Guard & Service Battalion, in Odesa
- 91st Command & Intelligence Center, in Krasnosilka
- 64th Information & Signal Center, in Odesa
- Regional Radioelectronic Intelligence(REI) Center, in Krasnosilka
- 78th REI Center, in Balta
- 79th REI Center, in Reni
- 82nd Maneuverable REI Center, in Krasnosilka
- 23rd Electronic Warfare Company
Additional forces
The following formations of other branches of the
- Ground Forces:
- 11th Army Aviation Brigade (was based in Kherson)
- 70th Engineer Regiment, in Bar
- 808th Pontoon Bridge Regiment, in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
- Air Assault Forces:
- Marine Corps:
- 35th Marine Brigade, in Dachne
- 36th Marine Brigade, in Mykolaiv
- 37th Marine Brigade, in
- 38th Marine Brigade, in
- 406th Artillery Brigade, in Mykolaiv
- 32nd Rocket Artillery Regiment, in Altestove
- 140th Reconnaissance Battalion, in
- Air Force:
- 14th Radio Technical Brigade, in Odesa
- 19th Special Purpose Radio Intercept Brigade, in Halytsynov
- 160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, in Odesa
- 208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, in Kherson
- 201st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Pervomaisk
- 43rd Communication Regiment, in Odesa
- 101st Communication Regiment, in Vinnytsia
- 182nd Communication Regiment
- 28th Airfield Engineer Battalion, in Mykolaiv
- 1194th Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Pervomaisk
- Special Operations Forces:
- Special Operations Center East, in Kropyvnytskyi (former 3rd Special Forces Regiment)
- 73rd Maritime Special Operations Center, in Ochakiv
- 83rd Information and Psychological Operations Center, in Odesa
- Territorial Defense Forces
- 120th Territorial Defence Brigade "Vinnytsia"
- 121st Territorial Defence Brigade "Kirovohrad"
- 122nd Territorial Defence Brigade "Odesa"
- 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade "Mykolaiv"
- 124th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kherson"
- 126th Territorial Defence Brigade "Odesa City"
- 1st Infantry Battalion "Vinnytsia"
- 9th Infantry Battalion "Kirovohrad"
- 12th Infantry Battalion "Odesa"
- 11th Infantry Battalion "Mykolaiv"
- 18th Infantry Battalion "Kherson"
Leaders
Colonel General
Commanders
- General of the Army Vitaliy Radetsky (1992 - 1993)
- General of the Army Volodymyr Shkidchenko (1993 - 30 September 1998)
- Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynaiko (30 September 1998 - 19 December 2001)
- Colonel General Volodymyr Mozharovsky (19 December 2001 - November 2003)
- Colonel General Hryhoriy Pedchenko (November 2003 - 11 July 2005)
- Colonel General Ivan Svyda (11 July 2005 - 25 June 2007)
- Lieutenant General Petro Lytvyn (25 June 2007 - 2 May 2012)
- Major General Ihor Fedorov (2 May 2012 - 2 July 2012)
- Lieutenant General Anatoliy Syrotenko (2 July 2012 - 11 April 2015)[4]
- Major General Andriy Hryshchenko (2016 - 2017)[5]
- Major Genera Oleh Vyshnivsky (16 November 2017 - July 2019)[6]
- Major General Ihor Palahnyuk (July 2019 - 2021)[7]
- Major General Andrii Kovalchuk (2021–present)
Chiefs of staff - first deputy commanders
- Major General Serhiy Shaptala (2017 - October 2020)[8][9]
Deputy commanders
- Major General Andriy Sokolov (2017–present)[10]
References
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- ^ https://ria.ru/20070102/58308948.html
- ^ 70th anniversary of the Southern Operational Command[permanent dead link]
- ^ "В Одессе сменилось руководство Южного оперативного командования. Вместо Литвина – начальник академии | Новости Одессы".
- ^ "Генерал армії України Степан Полторак в Одесі представив нового командувача військ оперативного командування "Південь" Сухопутних військ ЗС України" [Army General of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak in Odesa presented the new Commander of Operation Command South] (in Ukrainian). Press Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "В Одесі військовослужбовцям представлено нового командувача військ оперативного командування "Південь" Сухопутних військ ЗС України | Міністерство оборони України". 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Командувачем сил логістики Збройних сил України призначено генерал-лейтенанта Вишнівського". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Шаптала Сергій Олександрович". www.ukrgeroes.com.ua. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "В Николаеве военкомов и врачей медкомиссий 5 областей учили порядку на призывных пунктах". up.mk.ua. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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