"Tsentr" ("Center") military grouping
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Brigadier General Prokopenko takes command of new "Azov" grouping in Donetsk sector
Brigadier General Denys Prokopenko (call sign "Redis") formally took command of the newly created "Azov" military grouping on September 13, 2026. The formation, one of two new groupings announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky to reinforce Ukrainian positions in Donetsk Oblast, will operate in the Donetsk direction under the leadership of the commander of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov."