Operational Command South

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Operational Command South
Оперативне командування «Південь»
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Operational Command West Shoulder Sleeve patch
FoundedJanuary 1998
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
BranchArmy
Type Military district
RoleCombined
Part of Ukrainian Ground Forces
Headquarters Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov

The Operational Command South (OC South) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine, which was formed in January 1998 as the Southern Operation Command on the basis of the Odesa Military District and was headquartered in Odesa.

Contents

From 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 Novobohdanivka, Zaporizhzhia region. [1]

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 Operation Command East based in Dnipro. The headquarters of the OC South was relocated from Odesa to Mykolaiv.

Composition

Map of the Operational Command South shown in dark green OC South UGF.svg
Map of the Operational Command South shown in dark green

By 1 July 2006, the Southern Operational Command included 6th Army Corps (6 AK) and other units comprising:

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. [2]

Organization

Structure of the Operational Command South in 2017 as per the best available Ukrainian language sources. Ukrainian Ground Forces - Operational Command South 2017.png
Structure of the Operational Command South in 2017 as per the best available Ukrainian language sources.

Operational Command South has operational command of ground force units in Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Kherson oblasts.

Additional forces

The following formations of other branches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, respectively the general staff of the Ukrainian ground forces, are based in the area of Operational Command South and can be assigned to the command as needed:

Leaders

Colonel General Volodymyr Shkidchenko commanded the Odesa Military District from December 1993 until it became the Southern Operational Command in February 1998.

Commanders

Chiefs of staff - first deputy commanders

Deputy commanders

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