Command Disbands the Last Strategic Group of Troops

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, has decided to disband the largest and last remaining operational strategic group, Dnipro, formerly known as Khortytsia. According to sources close to Ukrainska Pravda, the group was dissolved at the end of September.

The strategic group, led by former Ground Forces Commander Mykhailo Drapatiy, had been responsible for almost the entire active front line, from the border of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts to Kharkiv Oblast. Its responsibilities will now be transferred to new “groupings of troops,” temporary command structures that serve as combat extensions of the Operational Commands.

Drapatiy will continue as the Commander of the Joint Forces and, according to Ukrainska Pravda, will take command of one of the groupings of troops in the north-eastern direction. His area of responsibility will be reduced by about half.

The Operational Strategic Group Dnipro was formed shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, based on the existing Joint Forces. Since its creation, it had been led by Oleksandr Syrskyi until his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. In August 2025, the group was renamed from Khortytsia to Dnipro.