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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]]
| garrison                      = [[Dnipro]], [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]]
| country                       = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| branch                        = [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]
| type                          = [[Military district]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = 
| battles                       = [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]<br>[[Russian Invasion of Ukraine]]
}}
'''Operational Command East''' ('''OC East''') is a formation of the [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]] in eastern Ukraine. Its headquarters is currently located in [[Dnipro]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:OC East UGF.svg|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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> These were the [[Kyiv Military District]], the [[Odesa Military District]], and the [[Carpathian Military District]].<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> In January 1998, the Southern Operational Command was created from the Odesa MD and the eastern part of the Kyiv MD.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.defense-ua.com/rus/hotnews/?id=37756&prn=yes|title = Defense Express}}</ref> In 2005, the Southern Operational Association was created from the Southern Operational Command.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In October 2013, [[Operational Command South]] was created from the Southern Operational Association.<ref name=":1" /> In January 2015, Operational Command East was established with control over forces in [[Donetsk Oblast|Donetsk]], [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk]], [[Kharkiv Oblast|Kharkiv]], [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast|Dnipropetrovsk]], and [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia]] oblasts. These areas were previously controlled by Operation Command South.<ref name=":1" /> The command at the time was led by Lieutenant General [[Serhii Naiev]].<ref>{{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]] |language=uk}}</ref> Units under the operational control of OC East were involved in the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbass]].<ref name=":0" />

Since the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], units of OC East have been involved in heavy fighting with Russian forces during the [[Battle of Donbas (2022–present)|battle of Donbas]].<ref name=":1" />

== Organization ==
Operational Command East has operational command of ground force units in [[Donetsk Oblast|Donetsk]], [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk]], [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast|Dnipropetrovsk]], [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia]], and [[Kharkiv Oblast|Kharkiv]] oblasts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Оперативне командування "Схід" |url=https://www.facebook.com/EastOC |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>

* [[File:OC East Ukrainian Ground Forces insignia.svg|25px]] '''Operational Command East''', in [[Dnipro]]
** [[File:5th Separate Tank Brigade.png|25px]] '''[[5th Tank Brigade (Ukraine)|5th Tank Brigade]]''', in [[Kryvyi Rih]]
** [[File:17th tank brigade insignia daily.svg|22px]] '''[[17th Tank Brigade (Ukraine)|17th Tank Brigade]]''', in Kryvyi Rih
** [[File:23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade SSI.svg|25px]] '''[[23rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|23rd Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Pokrovsk, Ukraine|Pokrovsk]]
** [[File:43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade.png|25px]] '''[[43rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|43rd Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Dnipro]]
** [[File:53 ОМБр.svg|25px]] '''[[53rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|53rd Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Sievierodonetsk]]
** [[File:54th Separate Mechanized Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] '''[[54th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|54th Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Bakhmut]]
** [[File:67th mech.png|25px]] '''[[67th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|67th Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Dnipro]]
** [[File:92nd Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade SSI.svg|25px]] '''[[92nd Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka]]
** [[File:93 ОМБр 1.png|25px]] '''[[93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|93rd Mechanized Brigade]]''', in [[Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast|Cherkaske]]
** [[File:47th arty.png|25px]] '''47th Artillery Brigade''', in Kharkiv
** [[File:55 ОАБр.svg|25px]] '''[[55th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)|55th Artillery Brigade]]''', in [[Zaporizhzhia]]
** [[File:1039 ЗРП к.svg|25px]] 1039th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in [[Hvardiiske, Novomoskovsk Raion|Hvardiiske]]
** [[File:91 ОПОЗ к.svg|25px]] 91st Engineer Regiment, in [[Okhtyrka]]
** 121st Signal Regiment, in Cherkaske
** [[File:532nd Separate Maintenance Regiment SSI.svg|25px]] 532nd Maintenance Regiment, in Cherkaske
** [[Skala Battalion|Skala Assault Battalion]], in Dnipro
** [[File:74-й окремий розвідувальний батальйон.png|25px]] 74th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Cherkaske
** 129th Reconnaissance Battalion, in [[Nikolske]]
** 78th Materiel Support Battalion, in Kryvyi Rih
** 133rd Guard & Service Battalion, in Dnipro
** 227th Transport Battalion, in Kryvyi Rih
** 502nd [[Ukraine and electronic warfare|Electronic Warfare]] Battalion, 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]], 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:

* '''[[Ukrainian Air Assault Forces|Air Assault Forces]]''':
** [[File:25 ОПДБр к.svg|25px]] [[25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)|25th Airborne Brigade]], in [[Hvardiiske, Novomoskovsk Raion|Hvardiiske]]

* '''[[Ukrainian Air Force|Air Force]]''':
** [[File:164th Radiotechnical Brigade SSI (no tab).svg|25px]] [[164th Radio Technical Brigade (Ukraine)|164th Radio Technical Brigade]], in [[Kharkiv]]
** [[File:138-а зенітна ракетна бригада.png|25px]] [[138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine)|138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade]], in [[Dnipro]]
** [[File:301-й зенітний ракетний полк.png|25px]] [[301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)|301st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]], in [[Nikopol, Ukraine|Nikopol]]
** [[File:302-й зенітний ракетний полк.svg|25px]] [[302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)|302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]], in [[Kharkiv]]
** 57th Communication Regiment, in Dnipro

* '''[[Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)|Special Operations Forces]]''':
** [[File:47th sso.png|25px]] 47th Special Forces Detachment

* '''[[Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)|Territorial Defense Forces]]'''
** [[File:Нашивка 108-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Дніпропетровська область).svg|25px]] [[108th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|108th Territorial Defence Brigade "Dnipropetrovsk"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 109-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Донецька область).svg|25px]] [[109th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|109th Territorial Defence Brigade "Donetsk"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 110-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Запорізька область).svg|25px]] [[110th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|110th Territorial Defence Brigade "Zaporizhzhia"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 111-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Луганська область).svg|25px]] [[111th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|111th Territorial Defence Brigade "Luhansk"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 113-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Харківська область).svg|25px]] [[113th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|113th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kharkiv"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 127-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg|25px]] [[127th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|127th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kharkiv City"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 128-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg|25px]] [[128th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|128th Territorial Defence Brigade "Dnipro City"]]
** [[File:Нашивка 129-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg|25px]] [[129th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|129th Territorial Defence Brigade "Kryvyi Rih"]]
** 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]] (2015—2017)<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Lieutenant General [[Oleksandr Krasanook]] (2017 - 18 July 2019)<ref>https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3222018-25182 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
* Major General [[Oleksandr Nesterenko]] (18 July 2019 - 9 August 2021)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

* Major General [[Oleh Mikats]] (9 August 2021-present)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== Chiefs of staff - first deputy commanders ===

* Major General [[Ihor Palahnyuk]] (2017-2019)
* Major General [[Eduard Moskaliov]] (2019-present)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kharkov Military District]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
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[[Category:2015 establishments in Ukraine]]