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Operational Command South
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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.
Operational Command South | |
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Оперативне командування «Південь» | |
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Founded | January 1998 |
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Branch | Army |
Type | Military district |
Role | Combined |
Part of | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
Headquarters | Mykolaiv, Ukraine |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Andriy Kovalchuk[1] |
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 Novobohdanivka, Zaporizhzhia 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.