Volodymyr Panteleimonovych Oskilko (; 1892? – 19 June 1926) was a Ukrainian military activist and administrator. He became famous for the "Oskilko Affair" (see below). Biography Volodymyr Oskilko was born January 12, 1892, in the village of Horodok, Rovno uyezd, in the Volyn Governorate. He graduated from a gymnasium, then from a teacher's seminary. Oskilko started to work as a village teacher in Zolote near Dubrovytsia (today in Rivne Oblast). With the start of World War I, Oskilko was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army, where he had a successful career, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the February Revolution in 1917, he was appointed a governorate commissar of the Russian Provisional Government in Tula. By the end of 1917 he had returned to his native Volyn in Ukraine, where he participated in the formation of the Ukrainian People's Army. At the beginning of 1918, Oskilko was appointed a commissar of the Central Rada in Rivne. He was a member of the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Independists, which was critical of the Central Rada's policies. During the time of the Ukrainian State of hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky, he was appointed a chief of security of the Korosten Railways, an important railway connection in Polissya. Oskilko affair In November 1918, Oskilko led an uprising against the hetman in Volyn. In December he was promoted to colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army. In January 1919 he became a General Khorunzhy (Major General) and a commander of the Northern group of the Ukrainian People's Army (around 40,000 soldiers). On January 5, 1919, his unit, which was passing through Berdichev, perpetrated a pogrom, killing 23 Jews. Oskilko participated in extinguishing the Bolshevik-led Polissya Uprising that was directed against the Directorate of Ukraine and preventing the advancement of the Polish army into Volyn. During that time, Rivne became a temporary capital of Ukraine. Due to the strained situation in the region, Oskilko suspected that the Ukrainian government and army had become infiltrated by the Russian Cheka, which sabotaged the front lines of the Ukrainian army. He also did not trust Petlyura, not because of his suspicions, but rather his belief that Petlyura was weak in character and an unreliable person who became influenced by "deserter generals." On April 12, 1919, a new government, the Council of People's Ministers, was formed, headed by Borys Martos and replacing the Ostapenko cabinet. Martos proclaimed the creation of a