Operational Command East (OC East) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in eastern Ukraine. Its headquarters is currently located in

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History

When Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1992, there were three Soviet military districts on its territory. These were the

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, Odessa Military District and the Carpathian Military District. In January 1998, the Southern Operational Command was created from the Odessa MD and the eastern part of Kyiv MD. In 2005, the Southern Operational Association was created from the Southern Operational Command. In October 2013,

Operational Command South 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 headquartere ...

was created from the Southern Operational Association. In January 2015, Operational Command East was established with control over forces in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv,

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and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. These areas were previously controlled by Operation Command South. The command is led by Lieutenant General

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. Units under the operational control of OC East are currently fighting in the

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. During the

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, Ukrainian units of OC East were involved in heavy fighting with Russian troops during the Battle of Donbas.

Current Structure

Ukrainian Ground Forces - Operational Command East 2017

Operational Command East has operational command of ground force units in Donetsk, Luhansk,

, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv oblasts. * Operational Command East,

** 17th Tank Brigade, Kryvyi Rih ** 53rd Mechanized Brigade, Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk ** 54th Mechanized Brigade,

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92nd Mechanized Brigade The 92nd Assault Brigade "Ivan Sirko" ( uk, 92-га окрема штурмова бригада, translit=92 okrema shturmova bryhada), abbreviated 92 OShBr (), is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its honorific name is after Cossack ...

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** 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Cherkaske ** 55th Artillery Brigade, Zaporizhia ** 1039th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, Hvardiiske ** 121st Signal Regiment, Cherkaske ** 91st Engineer Regiment, Okhtyrka ** 532nd Maintenance Regiment, Cherkaske ** 502nd Electronic Warfare Battalion, Cherkaske ** 74th Reconnaissance Battalion, Cherkaske ** 133rd Security & Service Battalion, Dnipro ** 188th Command & Intelligence Center, Dnipro ** 368th Information & Signal Center, Dnipro ** 78th Logistic Support Battalion, Kryvyi Rih ** 227th Transport Battalion, Kryvyi Rih Additionally the following major ground combat formations of other branches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are based in the area of Operational Command East: * Air Assault Forces: ** 25th Airborne Brigade, in Hvardiiske **

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, in

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* Air Forces: ** 138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, in

** 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Nikopol * Territorial Defense Forces ** 108th Territorial Defense Brigade ** 109th Territorial Defense Brigade ** 110th Territorial Defense Brigade ** 111th Territorial Defense Brigade ** 113th Territorial Defense Brigade

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Current Structure

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