| Southern Operational Command | |
|---|---|
 Arm-band chevron PivdOK | |
| Active | January 1998 – present |
| Country |
 Ukraine |
| Allegiance |
 Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Branch | Army |
| Role | Combined |
| Part of | File:Sv emblem.jpg Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | 65063, Odessa region. Odessa, staff per., 1 |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General Syrotenko Anatoly |
The Southern Command Operations (PivdOK) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine, which was formed in January 1998 on the basis of the Odessa Military District.
The Southern OK covers 9 oblasts and autonomous republics: Odessa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
By 1 July 2006, the Southern Operational Command included 6th Army Corps (6 AK) and other units comprising:
- 17th Separate Armoured Brigade (Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
- 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade (Chornomorske, Odessa Oblast)
- 92nd Separate Mechanised Brigade s.Kluhoshyno-Bashkyrivka Chuguivsky district. Kharkiv region.
- 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade. smt.Cherkaske Novomoskovsk district. Dnipropetrovsk region.
- 55th Artillery Brigade (Zaporizhzhya, Zaporozhye)
- 107th Rocket Launcher Regiment (Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast)
- 25th Airborne Brigade. smt.Hvardiyske. Dnipropetrovsk region.
- 79th Airmobile Brigade (Nikolaev, Mykolaiv Oblast)
- 11th Army Aviation Regiment (Chornobayivka, Kherson Oblast)
- 1039th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (smt.Hvardiyske. Dnipropetrovsk region.)
- 3rd Separate special purpose Regiment. Kirovograd. Kirovohrad region.
- 50 Academic squad of special training. Kirovograd. Kirovohrad region.
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.[1]
Leaders[]
Colonel General Volodymyr Shkidchenko commanded the Odessa Military District from December 1993 until it became the Southern Operational Command in February 1998.
- February 1998 – September 1998, Colonel General Volodymyr Shkidchenko
- 30 September 1998 – 19 December 2001, Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynaiko
- 2001 – 2004, Lieutenant-General Volodymyr Mozharovsky
- ? November 2003 – July 2005, Lieutenant General Hryhoriy Pedchenko
- 11 July 2005 – 25 June 2007, Lieutenant-General Ivan Svyda
- 10 July 2007 – 10 May 2012, Lieutenant-General Petro Lytvyn further appointed commander 8th Army Corps (Ukraine) (Zhytomyr)
- Major General Ihor Fedorov (Acting) Chief of Staff
- 2 July 2012 – Major General Anatoliy Sirotenko[2]
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The original article can be found at Southern Operational Command and the edit history here.