Operational Command South
Оперативне командування «Південь»
Operational Command West Shoulder Sleeve patch
FoundedJanuary 1998
Country Ukraine
BranchArmy
TypeMilitary district
RoleCombined
Part ofUkrainian Ground Forces
HeadquartersMykolaiv, Ukraine
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Andriy Kovalchuk[1]

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.

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 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

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.[3]

Organization

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:

  • 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

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

  • Major General Andriy Sokolov (2017 - present)[10]

References

  1. ↑ "На керівні посади у ЗСУ призначені бойові офіцери, які відігравали ключову роль у захисті України від російської агресії | Міністерство оборони України". Ukrainian Military. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ↑ https://ria.ru/20070102/58308948.html
  3. ↑ 70th anniversary of the Southern Operational Command
  4. ↑ "В Одессе сменилось руководство Южного оперативного командования. Вместо Литвина – начальник академии | Новости Одессы".
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "В Одесі військовослужбовцям представлено нового командувача військ оперативного командування «Південь» Сухопутних військ ЗС України | Міністерство оборони України". web.archive.org. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Командувачем сил логістики Збройних сил України призначено генерал-лейтенанта Вишнівського". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Шаптала Сергій Олександрович". www.ukrgeroes.com.ua. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "В Николаеве военкомов и врачей медкомиссий 5 областей учили порядку на призывных пунктах". up.mk.ua. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "День Захисника України: що варто знати про сучасних генералів Збройних сил України" (in Ukrainian). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

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