# 6th Army Corps (Ukraine)

The 6th Army Corps (Ukrainian: 6-й армійський корпус, romanized: 6-y armiys'kyi korpus) was one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps was headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Its units were spread across Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast. The Corps was formed in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union from a redesignation of the former Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army. It was disbanded in 2013 when the Ukrainian Ground Forces were reorganized, being replaced by Operational Command South.

## History

The 6th Guards Tank Army had incorporated three tank divisions, the 17th Guards, 42nd, and 75th Guards. However the later two were disbanded by 1991−92. In 1992 Zaloga listed the 17th Guards Tank Division and 93rd Motor Rifle Division as being part of the army. However, in 1991−1993 the 254th Motor Rifle Division, was withdrawn from the Southern Group of Forces and joined the 6th Army Corps, garrisoned at Artemivsk. It later became the 254th Mechanised Division.
In Decree of the President of Ukraine No 350/93, 21.08.1993, 'On conferring military ranks', Colonel Ivan Svidi, named as commander of the 17th Guards Tank Division of the 6th Army Corps (Odesa MD), was promoted to Major-General. Thus by August 1993 the Corps had been shifted to the Odesa Military District. On December 3, 1993 Colonel Vladimir Polivoda, Commander 254th Mechanized Division, 6th Army Corps, Odesa Military District was promoted to Major General It later became the 52nd Mechanised Brigade.
In 2004, the Corps disbanded 2 brigades (among them, the 52nd Mechanised Brigade in October 2004) and 3 regiments. One brigade and one regiment were added. In 2006, the Corps almost doubled in size.
The corps was disbanded in 2013 and its commander reportedly became the temporary commander of the new Operational Command South.

## Structure

* HQ 6th Army Corps
** 25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske)
** 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade - (Chornomorske)
** 92nd Mechanized Brigade - (Chuhuiv)
** 93rd Mechanized Brigade - (Cherkaske)
** 17th Guards Tank Brigade - (Kryvyi Rih)
** 55th Artillery Brigade - (Zaporizhzhia)
** 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment - (Kremenchuk)
** 11th Army Aviation Regiment - (Chornobaivka)
** 73rd Engineer Regiment - (Dniprodzerzhynsk)
** 534th Combat Engineer Regiment
** 1039th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
** 121st Signal Battalion
** 150th Signal Battalion
** 502nd Counter Intelligence Battalion

### Disbanded Units

* 52nd Mechanised Brigade

## Commanders

| Rank | Name | Position held | Position held |
| Rank | Name | Start | End |
| Major General | Vitaliy Radetskyi | May 1991 | January 1992 |
| Major General | Volodymyr Shkidchenko | March 1992 | June 1993 |
| Major General | Oleh Shustenko | June 1993 | April 1994 |
| Major General | Valentyn Tymko | April 1994 | August 1996 |
| Major General | Volodymyr Mozharovskyi | August 1996 | May 2000 |
| Major General | Volodymyr Bataliuk | May 2000 | September 2002 |
| Major General | Rauf Nurullin | September 2002 | November 2003 |
| Major General | Yuri Shapoval | November 2003 | November 2004 |
| Major General | Yuri Boryskin | November 2004 | July 11, 2005 |
| Lieutenant General | Volodymyr Zamana | July 11, 2005 | May 2007 |
| Lieutenant General | Serhiy Bessarab | May 2007 | May 2012 |