Battle of Kosmach explained

Conflict:	Battle of Kosmach
Place:	Kosmach, Kosiv Raion, Stanislav Oblast
Partof:	the Ukrainian Resistance against the Soviet Union in the World War II
Date:	30 January — 5 February, 1945
Result:	Ukrainian victory
Combatant1:	Soviet Union
Combatant2:	Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Commander1:	Aleksey Dergachev
Commander2:	Myroslav Symsych Pavlo Vatsyk
Units1:	Ministry of the Internal Affairs NKVD 31st Frontier Detachment 33rd Frontier Detachment 87th Frontier Detachment 256th Regiment
Units2:	Western Operational Group 4th Operational Group “Hoverla” Unit “Skazheni” Unit “Hutsulskyi” Unit “Haydamaky” Unit “Pidkarpatskyi”
Strength1:	500–2,000 men
Strength2:	1,200 men
Casualties1:	386–450 killed 300 wounded
Casualties2:	6–12 killed 18 wounded

The Battle of Kosmach (Ukrainian: Бої під Космачем; 30 January — 5 February, 1945) was fought between the 31st, 33rd, 87th Frontier Detachments, 256th Regiment of the NKVD in the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union under the command of Aleksey Dergachev against the Armed Units “Skazheni”, “Hutsulskyi”, “Haydamaky” and “Pidkarpatskyi” of the 4th Operational Group “Hoverla” in the Western Operational Group of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army under the command of Myroslav Symsych and Pavlo Vatsyk in the Kosiv Raion of the Stanislav Oblast.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1989 . Battle in the village of Kosmach // Litopys UPA, volume 4 — Chornyi Lis. Book 2. .
2. Web site: 2019 . THE BATTLE OF THE UPA WITH THE NKVD NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KOSMACH: HOW THE UKRAINIANS DESTROYED THE PUNISHMENT UNIT OF THE SOVIET AUTHORITY .