The 6th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

Ukrainian Ground Forces

The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...

. The Corps is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. Its administrative center is Dnipropetrovsk....

, Ukraine.

History

The Corps was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 from a redesignation of the former Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army

6th Guards Tank Army

The 6th Guards Order of Red Banner Tank Army was a tank army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first formed during World War II and disbanded in Ukraine in the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union....

.
In 2004, the Corps disbanded 2 brigades and 3 regiments. 1 brigade and 1 regiments were added. In 2006, the Corps almost doubled in size.

Structure

• 6th Army Corps
  • 25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske
    Cherkaske (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
    Cherkaske - a town in Novomoskovskyi Raion of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine.It is home to 25th Airborne Brigade and 93rd Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces.-References:*...
    
    )
  • 28th Mechanized Brigade
    28th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
    The 28th Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade....
    
     - (Chornomorske
    Chornomorske (Odessa Oblast)
    Chornomorske is an urban-type settlement in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. It's the administrative center of Kominternivskyi Raion. Before 1978 it was known as Hvardiyske village. 28th Mechanized Brigade is stationed in the settlement....
    
    )
  • 92nd Mechanized Brigade
    92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
    The 92nd Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 92nd Separate Mechanized Ropshinska Order of the October Revolution and Order of the Red Banner awards Brigade....
    
     - (Chuhuiv
    Chuhuiv
    Chuhuiv is a city in the Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Chuhuivskyi Raion , the city itself is directly subordinate to the oblast, and is located at around ....
    
    )
  • 93rd Mechanized Brigade
    93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
    The 93rd Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Separate Guards Mechanized Kharkiv twice Order of the Red Banner, Suvorov's and Kutuzov's awards Brigade....
    
     - (Cherkaske
    Cherkaske (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
    Cherkaske - a town in Novomoskovskyi Raion of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine.It is home to 25th Airborne Brigade and 93rd Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces.-References:*...
    
    )
  • 17th Armored Brigade
    17th Armored Brigade (Ukraine)
    The 17th Guards Armored Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Full name of the Brigade is 17th Separate Guards Kryvyi Rih orders of Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade. It was formally known as 17th Guards Tank Division....
    
     - (Kryvyi Rih
    Kryvyi Rih
    Kryvyi Rih or Krivoy Rog is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, to the southwest of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk, at the confluence of the Inhulets and Saksahan rivers...
    
    )
  • 55th Artillery Brigade - (Zaporizhia
    Zaporizhia
    Zaporizhia or Zaporozhye [formerly Alexandrovsk ] is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast...
    
    )
  • 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment - (Kremenchuk
    Kremenchuk
    Kremenchuk is an important industrial city in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kremenchutskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the banks of Dnieper River.-History:Kremenchuk was...
    
    )
  • 11th Army Aviation Regiment - (Chornobaivka)
  • 73rd Engineer Regiment - (Dniprodzerzhynsk
    Dniprodzerzhynsk
    Dniprodzerzhynsk is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River.-History:The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Dniprodzerzhynsk appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankovo and Kamianske, which make the modern city,...
    
    )
  • 534th Combat Engineer Regiment
  • 1039th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
  • 121st Signal Battalion
  • 150th Signal Battalion
  • 502nd Counter Intelligence Battalion

Disbanded Units

• 52nd Mechanized Brigade - (Artemivsk
  Artemivsk
  Artemivsk or Artemovsk is a city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Artemivsky Raion. It is located on the Bahmutka River about 89 km away from the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk. As of 2005, its population is 80,655.-History:There is...
  
  ) - October 2004

Commanders

Rank	Name	Position held
		Start	End
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Vitaliy Radetskyi	May 1991	January 1992
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Volodymyr Shkidchenko	March 1992	June 1993
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Oleh Shustenko	June 1993	April 1994
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Valentyn Tymko	April 1994	August 1996
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Volodymyr Mozharovskyi	August 1996	May 2000
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Volodymyr Bataliuk	May 2000	September 2002
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Rauf Nurullin	September 2002	November 2003
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Yuri Shapoval	November 2003	November 2004
Major General Major General Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...	Yuri Boryskin	November 2004	July 11, 2005
Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....	Volodymyr Zamara	July 11, 2005	May 2007
Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....	Serhiy Bessarab	May 2007	Present