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As part of its structure, it commands the 14th<\/a>, \u041f'\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0446\u044f\u0442\u0438\u0439.<\/a>, \u0456 18-\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441<\/a> \u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a \u0417\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043b \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The insignia displays a chevron with a yellow border and a deep red canvas. The central imagery contains a stylized white cross at the bottom of the insignia, adjourned by a crossed sword and saber to symbolize the command nature of the unit. At its peak, it displays an elaborately stylized crown in gold, with most of the insignia being an echo to its parent unit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Operation Task Force West is a temporary administrative command body of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was established in 2025 in order to undertake the frontline responsibilities of Operational Command West, grouping together several Army Corps under its command. It is tasked with defending the north-western and northern regions of Ukraine. As part of its…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11750,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"unit_tag":[742],"class_list":["post-59210","unit","type-unit","status-publish","hentry","unit_tag-district"],"taxonomy_info":{"unit_tag":[{"value":742,"label":"Limited Tabs"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jerome Rendall","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/ml_admin\/"},"comment_info":"","related_losses":false,"related_posts":[{"ID":66990,"post_title":"The Command Disbands All Operational Groups","post_content":"\n

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, announced via his Telegram<\/a> channel that all Operational Strategic Groups (OSUV) and Operational Tactical Groups (OTU) of the Ground Forces have completed their missions and have been disbanded. Their responsibilities have been transferred to newly formed temporary command structures known as Operational Task Force units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These formations serve as combat extensions of the existing Operational Commands, which continue to function and remain responsible for logistics, troop training, and other support tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present, there are five Operational Task Force units \u2014 West, North, South, East, and Kursk. They will be joined by a sixth, the Joint Forces Command, which will receive its own sector of the front and subordinate corps formations. The command is likely to be transferred from the General Staff to the Ground Forces to streamline the command hierarchy. The Joint Forces Command is led by former Ground Forces Commander Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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History of Operational Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The history of Ukraine\u2019s temporary command structures dates back to 2014, following Russia\u2019s invasion of the Donbas and the creation of the so-called Sectors, which were later transformed into Operational Groups in 2016. After Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukrainian Army expanded with dozens of new combat brigades, increasing the need for additional operational groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All operational groups functioned as temporary military-administrative bodies, established specifically to command troops within active combat zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a detailed overview of the history and role of these Operational Groups, we recommend reading our article \u201cThe Role of Tactical Groups and Corps in the Armed Forces<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> where everything is explained in depth.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-10-11 14:38:41","post_date_gmt":"2025-10-11 12:38:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-command-disbands-all-operational-groups","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-10-11 14:39:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-10-11 12:39:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=66990","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["67031","1","2025-10-11 14:31:13","2025-10-11 12:31:13","","news_otus_gone","425th Assault Regiment","inherit","open","closed","","news_otus_gone","","","2025-10-11 14:31:36","2025-10-11 12:31:36","","66990","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/news_otus_gone.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","67031"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1053","object_id":"82596","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82264","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"81971","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1176","name":"\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e","slug":"disbanded","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1176","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"66990","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1176"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"81971","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":66990}],"unit_equipment_previous":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/59210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/unit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/59210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80385,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/59210\/revisions\/80385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/11750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"unit_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit_tag?post=59210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}