Separate Special Operations Center "East" named after Prince Svyatoslav Khorobroy (OC SpO) (Ukrainian: Окремий центр спеціальних операцій «Схід» імені князя Святослава Хороброго) is a formation of special forces as part of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was subordinate to the 4th Special Intelligence Service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The unit is in Kropyvnytskyi. It is part of the United Rapid Response Forces. The regiment was formed on the basis of the 10th Separate Brigade of Special Purpose of the Main Reconnaissance Directorate (GRU) of the Soviet Armed Forces. The regiment participated in the War in Donbas. Since 2018, the regiment has been named after Prince Svyatoslav the Brave, the ruler of Kievan Rus' of the 10th century. History With the Independence of Ukraine, on 11 October 1991, the 10th Special Brigade of the USSR was resubordinated to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, and the personnel of the military unit took an oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people. Until the fall of 1997, the brigade was under the operational command of the 32nd Army Corps. By the directive of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine dated 3 June 1998, the 10th OBr SpP was reformed into the 1st Separate Special Purpose Regiment (1 OP SpP 32 AK). According to the results of 1999-2000, the 1st OP SpP was recognized by the commander of the forces of the Southern OK of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as one of the best parts of the Southern Operational Command. On September 7, 2000, the 1st Separate Special Purpose Regiment was renamed the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment and in July 2003 was relocated from the city of Staryi Krym to the city of Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad). Representatives of the regiment represented the Armed Forces of Ukraine for two years in a row at international competitions of intelligence groups held in Slovakia, where they won prizes among teams from more than ten participating countries. War in Donbas In June 2014, the soldiers of the regiment defended the storage bases of armored weapons in Artemivsk. In July 2014, a detachment of the regiment carried out a pilot evacuation operation near Snizhny. The group was surrounded, 10 people died together with the group commander, Lt. Col. Serhii Lysenko. Special forces of the regiment participated in the Fights