Operational Command North

History

When Ukraine gained independence, the 1st Guards Army was stationed on Ukrainian territory with its headquarters at Chernihiv. During the early 1990s, the army was reformed into the 1st Army Corps. In 1996, the Northern Operational and Territorial Command was formed from the corps. At the beginning of 1998, the command was split into the Northern Operational Command, managing operations in the area. The Northern Territorial Command controlled other functions. In August 2005, Territorial Directorate "North" was established from the Northern Operational Command.

The Directorate was responsible for territory spanning over 196000 km2, in which 15,000,000 people lived in 2008. The oblasts (provinces) of Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy were all are under the Directorate control. The Directorate was in charge of the 7 oblasts and Kyiv City Military Commissariat, 135 regional military commissariats, 530 military units and bases. As of 2008, the mission of the directorate was to organize territorial defence, recruit conscripts and contract soldiers and manage infrastructure.

In November 2013, the directorate was reformed into Operational Command North. The command absorbed units of the disbanded 13th Army Corps.

Organization

Operational Command North includes ground force units in Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy oblasts, as well as in the city of Kyiv.

• [[File:OC North Ukrainian Ground Forces insignia.svg|35px]] Operational Command North, Chernihiv, unit number A4583.
  • [[File:1 ОТБр.svg|25px]] 1st Heavy Mechanized Siver Brigade, Honcharivske, unit number A1815.
  • [[File:4th Tank Brigade Patch.png|25px]] 4th Tank Brigade named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi, Honcharivske, unit number A7015.
  • [[File:30th Separate Mechanized Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozky, Zviahel, unit number А0409
  • [[File:31st Separate Mechanized Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade, Zhytomyr, unit number A4773
  • [[File:32nd_Separate_Mechanized_Brigade.png|25px]] 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, unit number A4784
  • [[File:44th_Separate_Mechanized_Brigade.png|25px]] 44th Separate Mechanized Brigade, Nizhyn, unit number A4723
  • [[File:47 Logo 23 RGB Black.png|25px]] 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Magura", Kharkiv, unit number A4699
  • [[File:58th Separate Motorized Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi, Konotop, unit number A137
  • [[File:72 ОМБр.svg|25px]] 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians, Bila Tserkva, unit number A2167
  • [[File:Patch of the Ukrainian 110th Mechanized Brigade.png|25px]] 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Marko Bezruchko, Cherkasy, unit number А4007
  • [[File:115th Separate Mechanized Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade, Blahodatne, unit number A4053
  • [[File:26 ОАБр к.svg|25px]] 26th Artillery Brigade named after Major General Roman Dashkevich, Berdychiv, unit number А3091
  • [[File:48th Separate Artillery Brigade.png|25px]] 48th Separate Artillery Brigade, Poltava
  • [[File:49arty.png|25px]] 49th Separate Artillery Brigade, Chernihiv, unit number A0157
  • [[File:1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.png|25px]] 1020th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, Poltava, unit number A4647
  • [[File:1129 ЗРП к.svg|25px]] 1129th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, Bila Tserkva, unit number A1232
  • [[File:5-й окремий полк зв'язку.png|25px]] 5th Signal Regiment, Chernihiv, unit number А2995
  • [[File:12polkpidtr.png|25px]] 12th Support Regiment, Zviahel, unit number А3814
  • [[File:50-й РВБат (нн).png|25px]] 50th Maintenance Regiment, Huiva, unit number A1586
  • [[File:Нарукавний знак 12-й окремий танковий батальйон.png|25px]] 12th Separate Tank Battalion, Honcharivske, unit number A0932
  • [[File:20 окремий батальйон радіоелектронної боротьби.png|25px]] 20th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion, Huiva, unit number A1262
  • [[File:23ОСБ.png|25px]] 23rd Rifle Battalion, Kyiv, unit number A4438
  • [[File:33riflebat.png|25px]] 33rd Rifle Battalion, Putyvl, unit number A4026
  • [[File:54th Recon Battalion.webp|25px]] 54th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion named after Mykhailo Tysha, Zviahel, unit number A2076
  • [[File:60riflebat.png|25px]] 60th Rifle Battalion, unit number A4459
  • [[File:134th Security and Support Battalion.png|25px]] 134th Security & Service Battalion, Chernihiv, unit number A1624
  • 181st Separate Material Support Battalion, Zviahel, unit number А2925
  • [[File:211th Special Purpose Battalion.png|25px]] 211th Special Operations Battalion, Sumy, unit number А4270
  • 226th Transport Battalion, Berdychiv, unit number A2927
  • [[File:376guardsbat.png|25px]] 376th Guards Battalion
  • [[File:6th Combined Detachment.webp|25px]] 6th Combined Attack Drone Detachment "Vij", Kyiv, unit number A4583
  • 90th Command & Intelligence Center, in Chernihiv, unit number А1590
  • Regional Radioelectronic Intelligence (REI) Center, in Chernihiv, unit number A2622
    • 121st Maneuverable REI Center, Chernihiv, unit number A1783
    • 122nd REI Center, Chuhuiv, unit number A1993

Additional forces

The following formations of other branches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, respectively the general staff of the Ukrainian ground forces, are based in the area of Operational Command North and can be assigned to the command as needed:

• [[File:101st Separate General Staff Security Brigade SSI.svg|25px]] 101st General Staff Guard Brigade, in Kyiv

• Ground Forces:

  • [[File:Separate Regiment of the President of Ukraine.svg|25px]] Presidential Brigade, in Kyiv
  • [[File:3ошбр logo.svg|20px]] 3rd Assault Brigade, in Kyiv
  • [[File:I 5 storm reg.png|25px]] 5th Assault Brigade, in Konotop
  • [[File:18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 18th Army Aviation Brigade, in Poltava
  • [[File:27 ОРеАБр.svg|25px]] 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Sumy
  • [[File:43rd Separate Artillery Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] 43rd Artillery Brigade, in Pyriatyn
  • [[File:Ємблема 107РАБ.png|25px]] 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Kremenchuk
  • 1121st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Training), in Desna

• Air Assault Forces:

  • [[File:46th airmobile brigade patch.png|25px]] 46th Airmobile Brigade, in Poltava
  • [[File:71st Jäger Brigade.png|25px]] 71st Jaeger Brigade, in Kremenchuk
  • [[File:77th airmobile brigade.png|25px]] 77th Airmobile Brigade, in Zhytomyr
  • [[File:91 ОПОЗ к.svg|25px]] 91st Support Brigade, in Okhtyrka
  • [[File:95 ОДШБр к.svg|25px]] 95th Air Assault Brigade, in Zhytomyr
  • [[File:148 ОГСАДн к.svg|25px]] 148th Artillery Brigade, in Zhytomyr
  • [[File:132 ОРБ к.svg|25px]] 132nd Intelligence Battalion, in Zhytomyr
  • [[File:135 ОБУ ДШВ ЗСУ.png|25px]] 135th Command and Support Battalion, in Zhytomyr
  • 170th Logistic Battalion, in Zhytomyr

• Air Force:

  • [[File:96th Anti-Aircraft Brigade emblem 2022 01.png|25px]] 96th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, in Danylivka
  • [[File:138-а радіотехнічна бригада.svg|25px]] 138th Radio Technical Brigade, in Vasylkiv
  • [[File:Емблема 156-го зенітно-ракетного полку ЗСУ.jpg|25px]] 156th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Zolotonosha
  • 210th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, in Uman
  • [[File:31 ОПЗ та РТЗ.png|25px]] 31st Communication Regiment, in Kyiv
  • 2204th Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Vasylkiv

• Special Operations Forces:

  • [[File:99th Command and Support Battalion SSI.svg|25px]] 99th Headquarters and Support Battalion, in Brovary
  • [[File:I sf 16info.png|25px]] 16th Information and Psychological Operations Center, in Huiva
  • [[File:I sf 72info.png|25px]] 72nd Information and Psychological Operations Center, in Brovary
  • [[File:142training.png|25px]] 142nd Training and Education Center, in Berdychiv

• Territorial Defense Forces

  • [[File:1st Separate Brigade of Special Purpose.png|25px]] 1st Special Purpose Brigade, in Kyiv
  • [[File:Нашивка 112-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (місто Київ).svg|25px]] 112th Territorial Defence Brigade "City of Kyiv"
  • [[File:114th Territorial Brigade Badge.png|25px]] 114th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kyiv Oblast"
  • [[File:Нашивка 115-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Житомирська область).svg|25px]] 115th Territorial Defence Brigade "Zhytomyr"
  • [[File:Нашивка 116-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Полтавська область).svg|25px]] 116th Territorial Defence Brigade "Poltava"
  • [[File:117th Territorial Brigade Badge.png|25px]] 117th Territorial Defence Brigade "Sumy"
  • [[File:Нашивка 118-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Черкаська область).svg|25px]] 118th Territorial Defence Brigade "Cherkasy"
  • [[File:Нашивка 119-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Чернігівська область).svg|25px]] 119th Territorial Defence Brigade "Chernihiv"
  • [[File:Нашивка 241-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg|25px]] 241st Territorial Defence Brigade "Kyiv"
  • 4th Infantry Battalion "Zhytomyr"
  • 8th Infantry Battalion "Kyiv Oblast"
  • 13th Infantry Battalion "Poltava"
  • 15th Infantry Battalion "Sumy"
  • 20th Infantry Battalion "Cherkasy"
  • 22nd Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv"
  • Infantry Battalion "Kyiv City"

Commanders

This table includes commanders of Northern Operational Command (1992–2005), Territorial Directorate "North" (2005–2013) and Operational Command North (2014–).

Commanders

• Lieutenant General Valentyn Boryskin (1992 - 1996)
• Colonel General Viktor Kolotov (1996 - 1998)
• Colonel General Oleh Shustenko (2000 - 2005)
• Colonel Yuriy Horolyuk (15 August 2005 - 2005)
• Major General Serhiy Bessarab (2005 - 2007)
• Major General Anatoliy Syrotenko (2007 - 2012)
• Lieutenant General Ihor Kolesnyk (November 2013 - 2015)
• Major General Oleksandr Lakota (2015 - February 2017)
• Lieutenant General Vyacheslav Nazarkin (February 2017 - 2017)
• Lieutenant General Volodymyr Kravchenko (2017 - 5 August 2019)
• Major General Vasyl Osypchuk (5 August 2019 - December 2019, acting)
• Lieutenant General Viktor Nikoliuk (December 2019 - March 2023)
• Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov (March 2023 - present)

Chiefs of staff - first deputy commanders

• Major General Volodymyr Kravchenko (2015 - 2017)
• Major General Petro Romyhailo (2017 - present)

Deputy commanders

• Major General Andriy Hryshchenko (2015 - 2016)
• Colonel Ihor Krasota (2016 - July 2018)
• Major General Vasyl Osypchuk (July 2018 - August 2019)
• Major General Oleksiy Otserklevych (2020 - present)

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