8th Army Corps (Ukraine)

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8th Army Corps 8-й армійський корпус
Patch of the 8th Army Corps
Active	June 6, 1946 1991-
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Corps
Role	Rapid reaction[1]
Garrison/HQ	Chernihiv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast[2]
Anniversaries	June 6, 1946[3]
Decorations	Order of the Red Star
Commanders
Commanding officer	Lieutenant General Serhiy Ostrovskyi[4]
Second-in-command	Major General Victor Myzhenko[4]
Notable commanders	Nikolay Pukhov[5]

The 8th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.

Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Commanders 4 References

[edit] History

Main article: 8th Tank Army

The Corps was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union from a redesignation of the former Soviet 8th Tank Army.

[edit] Structure

• 8th Army Corps
  • 1st Armored Brigade (Honcharivske)
  • 30th Mechanized Brigade (Novohrad-Volynskyi)^[4]
  • 72nd Mechanized Brigade (Bila Tserkva)^[4]
  • 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr)^[4]
  • 26th Artillery Brigade (Berdychiv)^[4]
  • 3rd Army Aviation Regiment (Brody)
  • Corps Units

[edit] Commanders

Rank	Name	Position held
		Start	End
Lieutenant General	Hryhoryi Pedchenko[6]	200?	200?
Major General	Anatoliy Pushniakov[7]	200?	200?
Lieutenant General	Serhiy Ostrovskyi[8]	2005

[edit] References