# Operational Command East
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Operational Command East
| dates = January 1, 2015 - Present
| native_name = Оперативне командування Схід
| image = OC East Ukrainian Ground Forces insignia.svg
| caption = Shoulder sleeve insignia
| website = https://www.facebook.com/EastOC
| commander1 = [Oleh Mikats](/source/Oleh_Mikats)
| garrison = [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro), [Dnipropetrovsk Oblast](/source/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast)
| country = {{UKR}}
| branch = {{army|Ukraine}}
| type = [Military district](/source/Military_district)
| command_structure = {{military|Ukraine}}
| identification_symbol_2_label =
| battles =
* [Russo-Ukrainian War](/source/Russo-Ukrainian_War)
** [War in Donbas](/source/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022))
** [Russian Invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_Invasion_of_Ukraine)
}}
The '''Operational Command East''' ({{abbr.}} '''OC East''', {{langx|uk|Оперативне командування "Схід", ОК "Схід"}}) is a formation of the [Ukrainian Ground Forces](/source/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces) in eastern Ukraine. Its headquarters is currently located in [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro).[{{Cite web |title=Russia did not capture Soledar, Ukraine insists |url=https://news.yahoo.com/russia-did-not-capture-soledar-181900364.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=news.yahoo.com |date=16 January 2023 |language=en-US}}]
==History==
alt=Map of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts highlighted in Ukraine|thumb|Map of Operational Command East in Ukraine
When Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there were three Soviet military districts in its territory.[{{Cite web |title=Air defence struck down five drones, presumably Shahed UAVs, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/28/7382771/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}}] These were the [Kyiv Military District](/source/Kyiv_Military_District), the [Odesa Military District](/source/Odesa_Military_District), and the [Carpathian Military District](/source/Carpathian_Military_District).[{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=The Ukrainian Army Could Form Three New Heavy Brigades With All These Tanks And Fighting Vehicles It's Getting |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/01/17/the-ukrainian-army-could-form-three-new-heavy-brigades-with-all-these-tanks-and-fighting-vehicles-its-getting/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}] In January 1998, the Southern Operational Command was created from the Odesa MD and the eastern part of the Kyiv MD.[{{Cite web|url = http://www.defense-ua.com/rus/hotnews/?id=37756&prn=yes|title = Defense Express}}] In 2005, the Southern Operational Association was created from the Southern Operational Command.[{{Cite book|title = Evolution of the structure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (1991–2011)|last = Kuzmuk|first = A.|year = 2011|url = http://www.asv.gov.ua/content/nauka/editions/16/2011-16/47-63.pdf|language = uk}}] In October 2013, [Operational Command South](/source/Operational_Command_South) was created from the Southern Operational Association.[{{Cite web |trans-title=Commander of Operation Command East and head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast administration inspect fortifications in anti-terrorist operations |script-title=uk:Командувач військ ОК «Схід» та голова Дніпропетровської ОДА перевірили хід будівництва фортифікаційних споруд у зоні АТО |url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2015/04/30/komanduvach-vijsk-ok-shid-ta-golova-dnipropetrovskoi-oda-perevirili-hid-budivnicztva-fortifikaczijnih-sporud-u-zoni-ato--/ |access-date=2016-01-28 |date=2015-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627022344/https://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2015/04/30/komanduvach-vijsk-ok-shid-ta-golova-dnipropetrovskoi-oda-perevirili-hid-budivnicztva-fortifikaczijnih-sporud-u-zoni-ato--/ |archive-date=2015-06-27 |url-status=dead |website=[Ukrainian Armed Forces](/source/Ukrainian_Armed_Forces) |language=uk}}] Units under the operational control of OC East were involved in the [War in Donbas](/source/War_in_Donbas).[{{Cite web |title=Оперативне командування "Схід" |url=https://www.facebook.com/EastOC |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}]
* 25px '''Operational Command East''', in [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro)
** 25px '''[5th Tank Brigade](/source/5th_Tank_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Kryvyi Rih](/source/Kryvyi_Rih)
** 22px '''[17th Tank Brigade](/source/17th_Tank_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in Kryvyi Rih
** 25px '''[23rd Mechanized Brigade](/source/23rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Pokrovsk](/source/Pokrovsk%2C_Ukraine)
** 25px '''[43rd Mechanized Brigade](/source/43rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro)
** 25px '''[53rd Mechanized Brigade](/source/53rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Sievierodonetsk](/source/Sievierodonetsk)
** 25px '''[54th Mechanized Brigade](/source/54th_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Bakhmut](/source/Bakhmut)
** 25px '''[67th Mechanized Brigade](/source/67th_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro)
** 25px '''[92nd Mechanized Brigade](/source/92nd_Mechanized_Brigade)''', in [Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka](/source/Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka)
** 25px '''[93rd Mechanized Brigade](/source/93rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Cherkaske](/source/Cherkaske%2C_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast)
** 25px '''[47th Artillery Brigade](/source/47th_Artillery_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in Kharkiv
** 25px '''[55th Artillery Brigade](/source/55th_Artillery_Brigade_(Ukraine))''', in [Zaporizhzhia](/source/Zaporizhzhia)
** 25px [1039th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment](/source/1039th_Anti-aircraft_Missile_Regiment_(Ukraine)), in [Hvardiiske](/source/Hvardiiske%2C_Novomoskovsk_Raion)
** 25px [91st Engineer Brigade](/source/91st_Support_Brigade_(Ukraine)), in [Okhtyrka](/source/Okhtyrka)
** 25px [121st Signal Regiment](/source/121st_Communications_Regiment_(Ukraine)), in Cherkaske
** 25px 532nd Maintenance Regiment, in Cherkaske
** 25px [425th Skala Assault Battalion](/source/Skala_Battalion), in Dnipro
** 25px [74th Reconnaissance Battalion](/source/74th_Reconnaissance_Battalion_(Ukraine)), in Cherkaske
** 25px [129th Reconnaissance Battalion](/source/129th_Reconnaissance_Battalion_(Ukraine)), in [Nikolske](/source/Nikolske)
** 78th Materiel Support Battalion, in Kryvyi Rih
** 133rd Guard & Service Battalion, in Dnipro
** 227th Transport Battalion, in Kryvyi Rih
** [502nd Electronic Warfare Regiment](/source/502nd_Electronic_Warfare_Regiment_(Ukraine)), in Cherkaske
** 188th Command & Intelligence Center, in Dnipro
** 368th Information & Signal Center, in Dnipro
=== Additional forces ===
The following formations of other branches of the [Ukrainian Armed Forces](/source/Ukrainian_Armed_Forces), respectively the general staff of the Ukrainian ground forces, are based in the area of Operational Command East and can be assigned to the command as needed:
* '''[Air Assault Forces](/source/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces)''':
** 25px [25th Airborne Brigade](/source/25th_Airborne_Brigade_(Ukraine)), in [Hvardiiske](/source/Hvardiiske%2C_Novomoskovsk_Raion)
* '''[Air Force](/source/Ukrainian_Air_Force)''':
** 25px [164th Radio Technical Brigade](/source/164th_Radio_Technical_Brigade_(Ukraine)), in [Kharkiv](/source/Kharkiv)
** 25px [138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade](/source/138th_Anti-aircraft_Missile_Brigade_(Ukraine)), in [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro)
** 25px [301st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment](/source/301st_Anti-aircraft_Missile_Regiment_(Ukraine)), in [Nikopol](/source/Nikopol%2C_Ukraine)
** 25px [302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment](/source/302nd_Anti-aircraft_Missile_Regiment_(Ukraine)), in [Kharkiv](/source/Kharkiv)
** 57th Communication Regiment, in Dnipro
* '''[Special Operations Forces](/source/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine))''':
** 25px [47th Special Forces Detachment](/source/47th_Special_Operations_Detachment_(Ukraine))
* '''[Territorial Defense Forces](/source/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine))'''
** 25px [108th Territorial Defence Brigade "Dnipropetrovsk"](/source/108th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [109th Territorial Defence Brigade "Donetsk"](/source/109th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [110th Territorial Defence Brigade "Zaporizhzhia"](/source/110th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [111th Territorial Defence Brigade "Luhansk"](/source/111th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [113th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kharkiv"](/source/113th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [127th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kharkiv City"](/source/127th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [128th Territorial Defence Brigade "Dnipro City"](/source/128th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 25px [129th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kryvyi Rih"](/source/129th_Territorial_Defense_Brigade_(Ukraine))
** 3rd Infantry Battalion "Dnipro"
** 6th Infantry Battalion "Zaporizhzhia"
** 17th Infantry Battalion "Kharkiv"
** 105th Infantry Battalion "Donetsk"
** Infantry Battalion "Luhansk"
==Leadership==
===Commanders ===
* Major General [Serhii Naiev](/source/Serhii_Naiev) (2015—2017)[{{Cite web |date=2015-06-27 |title=Командувач військ ОК «Схід» та голова Дніпропетровської ОДА перевірили хід будівництва фортифікаційних споруд у зоні АТО {{!}} Міністерство оборони України |url=https://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2015/04/30/komanduvach-vijsk-ok-shid-ta-golova-dnipropetrovskoi-oda-perevirili-hid-budivnicztva-fortifikaczijnih-sporud-u-zoni-ato--/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627022344/https://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2015/04/30/komanduvach-vijsk-ok-shid-ta-golova-dnipropetrovskoi-oda-perevirili-hid-budivnicztva-fortifikaczijnih-sporud-u-zoni-ato--/ |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}]
* Lieutenant General [Oleksandr Krasanook](/source/Oleksandr_Krasanook) (2017 - 18 July 2019)[{{Cite web | title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №322/2018 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України | url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3222018-25182 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165010/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3222018-25182 | access-date=2025-04-28 | archive-date=2018-10-14}}]
* Major General [Oleksandr Nesterenko](/source/Oleksandr_Nesterenko) (18 July 2019 - 9 August 2021)[{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2017 |title=ВИПУСКНИКИ ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ВІЙСЬКОВОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ ВІЙСЬКОВОГО ІНСТИТУТУ ПРИСЯГНУЛИ НА ВІРНІСТЬ НАРОДУ УКРАЇНИ |url=http://mil.univ.kiev.ua/page/news/1/view/450 |accessdate=2019-11-01 |website=mil.univ.kiev.ua}}]
* Major General [Oleh Mikats](/source/Oleh_Mikats) (9 August 2021-present)[{{Cite web|title=Зеленський провів кадрові призначення в ЗСУ: змінив командувачів Повітряних сил та Десантно-штурмових військ|url=https://espreso.tv/zelenskiy-proviv-kadrovi-priznachennya-v-zsu-zminiv-komanduvachiv-povitryanikh-sil-ta-desantno-shturmovikh-viysk|website=espreso.tv|accessdate=2021-08-09|language=uk|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809214209/https://espreso.tv/zelenskiy-proviv-kadrovi-priznachennya-v-zsu-zminiv-komanduvachiv-povitryanikh-sil-ta-desantno-shturmovikh-viysk}}]
=== Chiefs of staff - first deputy commanders ===
* Major General [Ihor Palahnyuk](/source/Ihor_Palahnyuk) (2017-2019)
* Major General [Eduard Moskaliov](/source/Eduard_Moskaliov) (2019-present)[{{Cite web |title=У Маріуполі визначені переможці 5-го сезону чемпіонату України з футболу Ліги учасників АТО дивізіону «Схід» |url=https://dn.gov.ua/news/u-mariupoli-viznacheni-peremozhci-5-go-sezonu-chempionatu-ukrayini-z-futbolu-ligi-uchasnikiv-ato-divizionu-shid |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=dn.gov.ua}}]
==See also==
* [Kharkov Military District](/source/Kharkov_Military_District)
==References==
==External links==
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