Operational Command West

Operational Command West (OC West) (Ukrainian: Оперативне командування «Захід»; ОК «Захід») is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in western Ukraine. Its headquarters is located in Rivne.

History
When Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union, there were three Military Districts on its territory. These were the Kyiv, Odessa and Carpathian Military Districts. In 1998, the Western Operational Command was created from the Carpathian Military District.



By 1 July 2006, the Western Operational Command consisted of units directly subordinated to the command and to the 13th Army Corps. These units were: In October 2013, Operational Command North was created in Rivne. The Western Operational Command's headquarters was moved to Lviv and disbanded in August 2015. In November 2013, the 80th Airmobile Regiment was upgraded to brigade strength. From the beginning of 2015, Operational Command North was moved to Chernihiv. Operational Command West headquarters remained in Rivne. Major General Ihor Dovhan led the command from 2015.
 * 7th Army Aviation Regiment
 * 11th Artillery Brigade
 * 15th Rocket Artillery Regiment
 * 14th Mechanized Brigade
 * 24th Mechanized Brigade
 * 55th Communications Regiment
 * 80th Airmobile Regiment
 * 146th Reconnaissance and Command Center
 * 59th Artillery Regiment
 * 128th Mountain Infantry Brigade
 * 703rd Engineering Regiment
 * 704th Chemical Defense Regiment

In October 2015, the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade was formed in the command. During late January and early February 2016, units of Operational Command West participated in joint training exercises with British instructors in Rivne. On 5 February, the command was assigned responsibility for Ground Forces troops in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi Oblasts. As of December of that year, it included the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 128th Separate Mountain Brigade, and 44th Separate Artillery Brigade. In March 2017, Major General Oleksandr Pavlyuk became commander of OC West after Dovhan was promoted to Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces for Combat Training.

Organization


Operational Command West has operational command of ground force units in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi oblasts.


 * ОК Захід к.svg Operational Command West, in Rivne
 * 3 ОТБр к.svg 3rd Tank Brigade, in Yarmolyntsi
 * 10th Mountain Assault Brigade Insignia (UA).svg 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, in Kolomyia
 * 13th Separate Jager Brigade Insignia.png 13th Jaeger Brigade, in Rivne
 * 14 ОМБр.png 14th Mechanized Brigade, in Volodymyr
 * 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade Insignia.png 22nd Mechanized Brigade, in Chernivtsi
 * 24 ОМБр.svg 24th Mechanized Brigade, in Yavoriv
 * 33rd mech.png 33rd Mechanized Brigade, in Rivne
 * 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade.png 42nd Mechanized Brigade, in Chortkiv
 * 63-тя окрема механізована бригада.png 63rd Mechanized Brigade, in Starokostyantyniv
 * 65th mech.png 65th Mechanized Brigade, in Starychi
 * 68th jager brigade.png 68th Jaeger Brigade, in Uzhhorod
 * 88th Separate Mechanized Brigade.png 88th Mechanized Brigade, in Rivne
 * 128 ОГШБр.png 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, in Mukachevo
 * 44th Separate Artillery Brigade SSI (var. 2, no tab).svg 44th Artillery Brigade, in Ternopil
 * 45logoclean.svg 45th Artillery Brigade, in Yavoriv
 * 39 зрп.png 39th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Volodymyr
 * 55th Separate Signal Regiment SSI.svg 55th Signal Regiment, in Rivne
 * 146th Maintenance Regiment, in Zolochiv
 * 703rd Engineer Regiment, in Sambir
 * 35riflebat.png 35th Rifle Battalion, in Ternopil
 * 36riflebat.png 36th Rifle Battalion, in Khmelnytskyi
 * 52nd rifle.png 52nd Rifle Battalion, in Ivano-Frankivsk
 * 53rd Rifle Battalion
 * 130th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Dubno
 * 182nd Materiel Support Battalion, in Berezhany
 * 224th Transport Battalion, in Shepetivka
 * 394th Guard & Service Battalion, in Rivne
 * 146th Command & Intelligence Center, in Rivne
 * Regional Radioelectronic Intelligence (REI) Center, in Brody
 * 71st Maneuverable REI Center, in Kovel
 * 84th REI Center, in Vynohradiv
 * 99th REI Center, in Serebriya
 * 201st Electronic Warfare Company, in Rivne
 * 233rd Joint Training Range, in Mala Lyubash

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 West and can be assigned to the command as needed:


 * Ground Forces:
 * 12 ОБрАА к.svg 12th Army Aviation Brigade, in Novyi Kalyniv
 * 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade SSI (with tab).png 15th Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade, in Drogobych
 * 16 ОБрАА к.svg 16th Army Aviation Brigade, in Brody
 * 19 ОРБр.svg 19th Missile Brigade, in Khmelnytskyi
 * 47th Separate Engineer Brigade SSI.svg 47th Engineer Brigade, in Dubno
 * 48th Separate Engineer Brigade SSI.png 48th Engineer Brigade, in Kamianets-Podilskyi
 * 210pontoon.png 210th Pontoon Bridge Regiment, in Ternopil
 * 704th Separate CBRN Defence Regiment SSI.svg 704th CBRN Protection Brigade, in Sambir


 * Air Assault Forces:
 * 80 ОДШБр к.svg 80th Air Assault Brigade, in Lviv
 * 82nd airassault brigade.png 82nd Air Assault Brigade, in Chernivtsi


 * Air Force:
 * 1st Radio-Technical Bde emblem 01.png 1st 1st Radio Technical Brigade, in Lipniki
 * 11 ZRP.png 11th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Shepetivka
 * 76 ОПЗ та РТЗ ПС ЗСУ.png 76th Communication Regiment, in Lipniki
 * Емблема полку.png 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Stryi
 * 540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Kamianka-Buzka
 * 17th Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Kolomyia
 * 352nd Airfield Engineer Battalion, in Khmelnytskyi


 * Special Operations Forces:
 * 8 оп СпП к.png Special Operations Center West, in Khmelnytskyi (former 8th Special Forces Regiment)
 * 140-й окремий центр сил спеціальних операцій.png 140th Special Forces Center, in Khmelnytskyi
 * I sf 74info.png 74th Information and Psychological Operations Center, in Lviv


 * Territorial Defense Forces
 * [[File:Нашивка 100-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Волинська область).svg|25px]] 100th Territorial Defence Brigade "Volyn"
 * [[File:Нашивка 101-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Закарпатська область).svg|25px]] 101st Territorial Defence Brigade "Zakarpattia"
 * [[File:Нашивка 102-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Івано-Франківська область).svg|25px]] 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade "Ivano-Frankivsk"
 * [[File:Нашивка 103-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Львівська область).svg|25px]] 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade "Lviv"
 * [[File:Нашивка 104-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Рівненська область).svg|25px]] 104th Territorial Defence Brigade "Rivne"
 * [[File:Нашивка 105-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Тернопільська область).svg|25px]] 105th Territorial Defence Brigade "Ternopil"
 * [[File:Нашивка 106-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Хмельницька область).svg|25px]] 106th Territorial Defence Brigade "Khmelnytskyi"
 * [[File:Нашивка 107-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Чернівецька область).svg|25px]] 107th Territorial Defence Brigade "Chernivtsi"
 * Нашивка 125-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg 125th Territorial Defence Brigade "Lviv City"
 * 2nd Infantry Battalion "Volyn"
 * 5th Infantry Battalion "Zakarpattia"
 * 7th Infantry Battalion "Ivano-Frankivsk"
 * 10th Infantry Battalion "Lviv"
 * 14th Infantry Battalion "Rivne"
 * 16th Infantry Battalion "Ternopil"
 * 19th Infantry Battalion "Khmelnytskyi"
 * 21st Infantry Battalion "Chernivtsi"

Commanders

 * Colonel General Serhiy Chernilevsky (1998–1999)
 * Colonel General Mykola Petruk (2003–2004)
 * Lieutenant General Mykhailo Kutsyn (2004–2010)
 * Major General Viktor Hanushchak (2010; acting)
 * Lieutenant General Yuri Domanskii (2010 – May 2012)
 * Lieutenant General Ihor Kolesnik (?-2015)
 * Major General Ihor Dovhan (May 2015 – March 2017)
 * Major General Oleksandr Pavlyuk (March 2017 – April 2020)
 * Major General Serhiy Shaptala (April 2020 - August 2021)
 * Major General Serhiy Litvinov (August 2021 - April 2024)
 * Brigadier General Volodymyr Shvediuk (April 2024 - )

Chiefs of staff

 * Major General Valerii Zaluzhnyi (2017)
 * Major General Volodymyr Myronyuk (2019)
 * Colonel Oleksandr Seletsky (2019 — 2020, acting)

Deputy Commanders

 * Major General Oleh Mikats (March 2017 - 9 August 2021)