| Operational Command South | |
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| Оперативне командування «Південь» | |
 Operational Command West Shoulder Sleeve patch | |
| Founded | January 1998 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Military district |
| Role | Combined |
| Part of |  Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Mykolaiv,Ukraine |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | vacant |
TheOperational Command South (abbr.OC South,Ukrainian:Оперативне командування "Південь", ОК "Південь") is a formation of theUkrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine, which was formed in January 1998 as theSouthern Operation Command on the basis of theOdesa Military District and was headquartered inOdesa. From 2005-2013 it was known as theSouthern Operation Association.
In January 2007RIA 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 formedOperation Command East based in Dnipro. The headquarters of the OC South was relocated fromOdesa toMykolaiv.
By 1 July 2006, the Southern Operational Command included6th 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]
Operational Command South has operational command of ground force units inVinnytsia,Odesa,Mykolaiv,Kirovohrad, andKherson oblasts.
Operational Command South,Odesa,Military Unit Number A2393
5th Separate Tank Brigade,Kryvyi Rih, A4594
21st Separate Mechanized Brigade,Odesa, A4689.svg)
22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade,Mykhailivka, A4718
28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the First Winter Campaign,Chornomorske, А0666.svg)
40th Separate Artillery brigade named after Grand Duke Vytautas,Pervomaisk, A2227
41st Separate Mechanized Brigade,Odesa, A4576
56th Motorized Brigade "Mariupol", was based inMariupol, А0989
57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Kost Hordiienko, a Chieftain of Kosh,Kropyvnytskyi, А1736.png)
59th Separate Motorized Brigade "Yakiv Handziuk",Haisyn, A1619
60th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Inhulets" A1962
61st Separate Mechanized Jäger Brigade "Stepova",Zhytomyr A3425
144th Separate Infantry Brigade, A4828
154th Separate Mechanized Brigade A4962
159th Separate Infantry Brigade,Mykolaiv Oblast
7th Separate Signal Regiment,Odesa, А3783
16th Support Regiment,Semenivka [uk], А2558
31st Separate Repair and Restoration Regiment,Podilsk, А1536
38th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment named after Major-General Yury Tyutyunnyk,Nova Odesa A3880
145th Maintenance Regiment,Mykolaiv, А1080
48th Separate Assault Battalion named after Noman Chelebijikhan,Mykolaiv, A4945
131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion named after Colonel Yevhen Konovalts,Hushchyntsi, А1445.png)
183rd Separate Material Support Battalion,Balta, A1559
Radioelectronic Intelligence Center "South", Krasnosilka A3438The following formations of other branches of theUkrainian 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:
35th Marine Brigade, inDachne
36th Marine Brigade, inMykolaiv
37th Marine Brigade, in
38th Marine Brigade, in.svg)
124th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kherson"
126th Territorial Defence Brigade "Odesa City"
406th Marine Artillery Brigade, in Mykolaiv
32nd Marine Artillery Brigade, inAltestove
140th Force Reconnaissance Battalion.svg)
14th Radio Technical Brigade, in Odesa
160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, inOdesa
208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, inKherson.svg)
201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, inPervomaisk
43rd Communication Regiment, in Odesa
101st Communication Regiment, inVinnytsia.svg)
1194th Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Pervomaisk
Special Operations Center East, inKropyvnytskyi (former 3rd Special Forces Regiment)
73rd Naval Special Operations Center South, inOchakiv
83rd Information and Psychological Operations Center, inOdesa.svg)
120th Territorial Defence Brigade "Vinnytsia".svg)
121st Territorial Defence Brigade "Kirovohrad".svg)
122nd Territorial Defence Brigade "Odesa".svg)
123rd Territorial Defence Brigade "Mykolaiv"Colonel GeneralVolodymyr Shkidchenko commanded theOdesa Military District from December 1993 until it became the Southern Operational Command in February 1998.
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