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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">24th Separate Assault Battalion<br /><small>(March 2015 – present)</small> <hr /> 24th Territorial Defence Battalion "Aidar"<br /><small>(2014 – March 2015)<sup id="cite_ref-Addisb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Addisb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span title="Ukrainian-language text"><span lang="uk">24-й окремий штурмовий батальйон «Айдар»</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_(with_tab).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg/150px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg/225px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg/300px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Battalion SSI</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2014</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)">Ministry of Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="466" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Assault unit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><300 (in July 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-KP140710_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP140710-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/5th_Assault_Brigade_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Assault Brigade (Ukraine)">5th Assault Brigade</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>З нами Бог</i></li><li>"God is With Us"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data">Serhiy Melnychuk</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Subdued SSI</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_(with_tab,_subdued).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg/100px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg/150px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg/200px-24th_Separate_Assault_Battalion_SSI_%28with_tab%2C_subdued%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>24th Separate Assault Battalion "Aidar"</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">24-й окремий штурмовий батальйон «Айдар»</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <abbr title="Abbreviation in Ukrainian"><i>24 ОШБ</i></abbr>) also known as the <b>Aidar Battalion</b>, is an assault battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a>. </p><p>The unit is created in May 2014 by the name <b>24th Territorial Defense Battalion "Aydar"</b> (<span title="Ukrainian-language text"><span lang="uk">24-й батальйон територіальної оборони «Айдар»</span></span>) and took part in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Eastern Ukraine</a> and had roughly 300-400 members in 2014. It was named after the <a href="/wiki/Aidar_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Aidar River">Aidar River</a> in the Luhansk region where it was initially deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> reported that members of the Aidar Battalion had committed <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas#War_crimes" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">war crimes during the war in Donbas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was disbanded in 2015 and reconstituted as the 24th Separate Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Army, before being absorbed into the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade in 2016. As of October 2018 the battalion lost 130 soldiers killed in action.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Battalion's founder and former commander is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sergei_Melnychuk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sergei Melnychuk (page does not exist)">Sergei Melnychuk</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="uk:Мельничук Сергій Петрович">uk</a>]</span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aidar_Battalion,_Lugansk_region_48.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg/160px-Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg/240px-Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg/320px-Aidar_Battalion%2C_Lugansk_region_48.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>Aidar Battalion in Luhansk region, 2 August 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Created in May 2014, Aidar was the first <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Battalion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Defense Battalion of Ukraine">Territorial Defense Battalion of Ukraine</a> - a volunteer military detachment subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)">Ministry of Defence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UI-NMA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UI-NMA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election" title="2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election">2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election</a>, former Aidar commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Serhiy_Melnychuk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serhiy Melnychuk (page does not exist)">Serhiy Melnychuk</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="uk:Мельничук Сергій Петрович">uk</a>]</span><sup id="cite_ref-UI140624_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UI140624-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_of_Oleh_Lyashko" class="mw-redirect" title="Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko">Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko</a>; he ranked third on the party's election list.<sup id="cite_ref-KP141024_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP141024-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-allcountedCECIU81114_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allcountedCECIU81114-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commander of Aidar's second company, <a href="/wiki/Ihor_Lapin" title="Ihor Lapin">Ihor Lapin</a>, was an MP for <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Front_(Ukraine)" title="People's Front (Ukraine)">People's Front</a> after winning a <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituency</a> seat in <a href="/wiki/Lutsk" title="Lutsk">Lutsk</a> in the same election.<sup id="cite_ref-TSN141112_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSN141112-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-resultsOkurs14_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultsOkurs14-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neither was reelected in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election">2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election</a> (Melnychuk failed to win a seat in an electoral district in <a href="/wiki/Novomoskovsk,_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Novomoskovsk, Ukraine">Novomoskovsk</a> with 0.31% of the votes and Lapin was not high enough on the election list (placed 49th) of <a href="/wiki/European_Solidarity" title="European Solidarity">European Solidarity</a> to get elected).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 August 2014 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Defense_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine)">Ukraine's Defense Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Heletey" title="Valeriy Heletey">Valeriy Heletey</a> stated that the battalion would be reorganised, would receive better equipment and would see more combat missions.<sup id="cite_ref-PA140808_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PA140808-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melnychuk has described that order as "criminal", but has admitted that most of Aidar's soldiers had demobilized or come under official control by 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-amt29715_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amt29715-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The battalion came to spotlight after several dozen of its members were killed in an ambush south of <a href="/wiki/Shchastia" title="Shchastia">Shchastia</a> after the announcement of the ceasefire on 6 September 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-AI140908_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AI140908-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Late January and early February 2015 the battalion picketed several government buildings, which escalated into clashes.<sup id="cite_ref-Addisb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Addisb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aidar was formally disbanded on 2 March 2015 "to prevent illegal actions of some representatives of volunteer units" (according to the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces">General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Addisb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Addisb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a "careful selection of soldiers", it was then reorganized as the 24th Separate Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Army.<sup id="cite_ref-Addisb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Addisb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lieutenant Colonel Yevhen Ptashnik was appointed as commander of the battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-Addisb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Addisb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 24th Separate Assault Battalion was made part of the <a href="/wiki/10th_Mountain_Assault_Brigade_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine)">10th Mountain Assault Brigade</a> in January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later it became a part of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine)" title="53rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)">53rd Mechanized Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1277148060443959296EuromaidanPress_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1277148060443959296EuromaidanPress-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_and_structure">Members and structure</h2></div> <p>The Aidar Battalion consisted of volunteers from <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chernihiv" title="Chernihiv">Chernihiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk" title="Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a> regions. It included a member of the Luhansk Oblast's legislature, a former mayor of <a href="/wiki/Oleksandrivsk" title="Oleksandrivsk">Oleksandrivsk</a>, and self-defense activists from the <a href="/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan">Euromaidan</a> protests in Kyiv.<sup id="cite_ref-KP141215_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP141215-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2014, it had around 400 members.<sup id="cite_ref-KP140624_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP140624-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The battalion had several subdivisions: </p> <ul><li>Kholodnyi Yar</li> <li>Company "West"</li> <li>Afgan company</li> <li>Volyn company</li> <li>Autorota</li> <li>Golden company</li> <li>Gregory Makles Company</li></ul> <p>Two Swedish neo-Nazis from the <a href="/wiki/Svenskarnas_parti" class="mw-redirect" title="Svenskarnas parti">Svenskarnas parti</a> joined Aidar in 2013 and 2014 and made headlines in the Swedish and German media, since one of the Nazis was running for a local council in elections, and the same media heavily criticized the Nazi volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Huseyn Aliyev, a political scientist at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>, by 2015 the battalion's radical right-wing ideology had "toned down", and the ideology of it along with other volunteer battalions in Ukraine was best described as "nationalist-patriotic".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Allegations_of_human_rights_violations_and_war_crimes">Allegations of human rights violations and war crimes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png/125px-24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png/188px-24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png/250px-24-%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%9E_%D0%97%D0%A1%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%C2%BB.png 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Aidar sleeve patch used in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2014, Russia began a criminal investigation of Aidar's commander, Serhiy Melnychuk, for "organizing the killing of civilians".<sup id="cite_ref-MT140702_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT140702-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its volunteer pilot, <a href="/wiki/Nadiya_Savchenko" title="Nadiya Savchenko">Nadiya Savchenko</a>, was captured by pro-Russian separatists near <a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a>, transported to Russia and charged with killing two Russian journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC140709_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC140709-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBC140709_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC140709-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 September 2014 <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> claimed that the battalion had committed <a href="/wiki/War_crimes" class="mw-redirect" title="War crimes">war crimes</a>, including abductions, unlawful detention, ill-treatment, theft, extortion, and possible executions.<sup id="cite_ref-AI140908_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AI140908-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 December 2014, Amnesty International reported that the unit was blocking humanitarian aid from Ukraine reaching the population of the separatist-controlled areas. Over half the population in these areas depended on food aid. According to Amnesty International, the Aidar, <a href="/wiki/Donbas_Battalion" title="Donbas Battalion">Donbas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dnipro_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnipro Battalion">Dnipro-1</a> battalions said they are blocking the aid because they "believe food and clothing are ending up in the wrong hands and may be sold instead of being given as humanitarian aid".<sup id="cite_ref-Amesty24Dec14_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amesty24Dec14-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denis Krivosheev, acting Director of Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International, stated that starving civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2015, the Ukrainian government-appointed Governor of Luhansk <a href="/wiki/Hennadiy_Moskal" title="Hennadiy Moskal">Hennadiy Moskal</a> stated that Aidar battalion was "terrorizing the region" and asked Ukrainian Defense Ministry to rein in its members after a series of thefts, including ambulances and the takeover of a bread factory.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv,_2019_219.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg/93px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg/140px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg/186px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_219.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2538" data-file-height="3265" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv,_2019_316.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg/120px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg/180px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg/240px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_316.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4910" data-file-height="3900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv,_2019_318.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg/120px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg/180px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg/240px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_318.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4015" data-file-height="3725" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv,_2019_345.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg/106px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg/159px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg/212px-March_of_Ukraine%27s_Defenders_on_Independence_Day_in_Kyiv%2C_2019_345.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3247" data-file-height="3683" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> </ul> <p>Veterans of the Battalion on the <a href="/wiki/March_of_Defenders" class="mw-redirect" title="March of Defenders">March of Defenders</a>. <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine" title="Independence Day of Ukraine">Independence Day</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, 24 July 2019 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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UKRAINE: ABUSES AND WAR CRIMES BY THE AIDAR VOLUNTEER BATTALION IN THE NORTH LUHANSK REGION"</a> (Press release). <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a>. 8 September 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=DOCUMENT+-+UKRAINE%3A+ABUSES+AND+WAR+CRIMES+BY+THE+AIDAR+VOLUNTEER+BATTALION+IN+THE+NORTH+LUHANSK+REGION&rft.pub=Amnesty+International&rft.date=2014-09-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnesty.org%2Fen%2Fdocuments%2Feur50%2F040%2F2014%2Fen%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAidar+Battalion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/ukraine-rogue-elements-defy-kiev-and-separatists-alike">In Ukraine, Rogue Elements Defy Kiev and Separatists Alike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stratfor" title="Stratfor">Stratfor</a> (18 April 2015)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160131111345/http://10brygada.com.ua/news/10-girsko-shturmova-brigada-popovnitsya-legendarnim-pidrozdilom-aydar-bazuvatimetsya-u-kolomiyi">"10 гірсько-штурмова бригада поповниться легендарним підрозділом, "Айдар" базуватиметься у Коломиї"</a> [10th Mountain Brigade will include the legendary assault unit Aidar based in Kolomyia]. <i>10brygada.com.ua</i> (in Ukrainian). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://10brygada.com.ua/news/10-girsko-shturmova-brigada-popovnitsya-legendarnim-pidrozdilom-aydar-bazuvatimetsya-u-kolomiyi">the original</a> on 31 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/w/index.php?title=11th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="11th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">11th "Kievan Rus"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Separate_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Kyiv%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Kyiv" (page does not exist)">12th "Kyiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Chernihiv-1%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="13th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1" (page does not exist)">13th "Chernihiv-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Sumy%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy" (page does not exist)">15th "Sumy"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th_Separate_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Poltava%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava" (page does not exist)">16th "Poltava"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=17th_Separate_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Kirovograd%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="17th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Kirovograd" (page does not exist)">17th "Kirovograd"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=20th_Separate_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Dnipropetrovsk%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="20th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Dnipropetrovsk" (page does not exist)">20th "Dnipropetrovsk"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Sarmat%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sarmat" (page does not exist)">21st "Sarmat"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="22nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">22nd "Kharkiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=23rd_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Khortytsia%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="23rd Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Khortytsia" (page does not exist)">23rd "Khortytsia"</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">24th "Aidar"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=25th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Kyivska_Rus%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="25th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Kyivska Rus" (page does not exist)">25th "Kyivska Rus"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batkivshchyna_Battalion" title="Batkivshchyna Battalion">34th "Batkivshchyna"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=37th_Separate_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Zaporizhzhya%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="37th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Zaporizhzhya" (page does not exist)">37th "Zaporizhzhya"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">42nd "Rukh Oporu"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=43rd_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Patriot%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="43rd Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Patriot" (page does not exist)">43rd "Patriot"</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">Reformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">7th "Khmelnytskyi"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_%22Cherkasy%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion "Cherkasy" (page does not exist)">14th "Cherkasy"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Separate_Marine_Battalion_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="18th Separate Marine Battalion (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">18th "Odesa"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=19th_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="19th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">19th "Mykolayiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="39th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">39th "Dnipro-2"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=41st_Detached_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="41st Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">41st "Chernihiv-2"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">Disbanded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Territorial_Defence_Battalion_%27Prykarpattya%27" title="5th Territorial Defence Battalion 'Prykarpattya'">5th "Prykarpattya"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="40th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">40th "Kryvbas"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Special_Tasks_Patrol_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Tasks Patrol Police">Special Tasks Patrol Police</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berda_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berda Police Company (page does not exist)">"Berda"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bogdan_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bogdan Police Company (page does not exist)">"Bogdan"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolgrad_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bolgrad Police Company (page does not exist)">"Bolgrad"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vinnytsia_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vinnytsia Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Vinnytsia"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment" title="Dnipro-1 Regiment">"Dnipro-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano-Frankivsk_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivano-Frankivsk Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Ivano-Frankivsk"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyiv_Police_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyiv Police Regiment (page does not exist)">"Kyiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kryvbas_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kryvbas Police Company (page does not exist)">"Kryvbas"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crimea_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crimea Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Crimea"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luhansk-1_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luhansk-1 Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Luhansk-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lviv_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lviv Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Lviv"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svyatyi_Mykolai_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion">"Mykolaiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peacemaker_Special_Tasks_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peacemaker Special Tasks Regiment (page does not exist)">"Peacemaker"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Poltava Battalion">"Poltava"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Svityaz_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svityaz Police Company (page does not exist)">"Svityaz"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Svyatoslav_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svyatoslav Police Company (page does not exist)">"Svyatoslav"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sicheslav_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sicheslav Police Company (page does not exist)">"Sicheslav"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scythian_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scythian Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Scythian"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumy_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sumy Police Company (page does not exist)">"Sumy"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Corps_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Corps Police Company (page does not exist)">"Eastern Corps"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ternopil_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ternopil Police Company (page does not exist)">"Ternopil"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Police_Battalion" title="Kharkiv Police Battalion">"Kharkiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kherson_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kherson Police Company (page does not exist)">"Kherson"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chernihiv_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chernihiv Police Company (page does not exist)">"Chernihiv"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Storm_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Storm Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Storm"</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">Reformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azov_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Azov Battalion">"Azov"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peacemaker_Special_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peacemaker Special Regiment (page does not exist)">"Harpoon"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetsk-1_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donetsk-1 Police Company (page does not exist)">"Donetsk-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Special_Tasks_Company_of_the_Kyiv_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Special Tasks Company of the Kyiv Regiment (page does not exist)">"Golden Gate"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Poltava Battalion">"Cascade"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv-1_Police_Battalion" title="Kyiv-1 Police Battalion">"Kyiv-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Company_of_the_Kyiv_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Company of the Kyiv Regiment (page does not exist)">"Kyiv-2"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyivshchyna_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyivshchyna Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Kyivshchyna"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kremenchuk_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kremenchuk Police Company (page does not exist)">"Kremenchuk"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirny_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirny Police Company (page does not exist)">"Mirny"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sich_Battalion" title="Sich Battalion">"Sich"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temur_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Temur Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Temur"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kharkiv-1_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kharkiv-1 Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Kharkiv-1"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kharkiv-2_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kharkiv-2 Police Company (page does not exist)">"Kharkiv-2"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">Disbanded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artemivsk_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artemivsk Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Artemivsk"</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetsk-2_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donetsk-2 Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Donetsk-2"</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Poltava Battalion">"Poltavshchyna"</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_battalion" title="St Mary's battalion">"St. Mary's"</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slobozhanshchyna_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slobozhanshchyna Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Slobozhanshchyna"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tornado_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tornado Police Company (page does not exist)">"Tornado"</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fog_Police_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fog Police Company (page does not exist)">"Fog"</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shakhtarsk_Police_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shakhtarsk Police Battalion (page does not exist)">"Shakhtarsk"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%22Serhiy_Kulchytsky%22_Battalion_of_Special_Assignment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=""Serhiy Kulchytsky" Battalion of Special Assignment (page does not exist)">"Serhiy Kulchytsky"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donbas_Battalion" title="Donbas Battalion">"Donbas"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Battalion_of_Special_Assignment_%22Raven%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Battalion of Special Assignment "Raven" (page does not exist)">"Raven"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azov_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Azov Battalion">"Azov"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Independent formations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dzhokhar_Dudayev_Battalion" title="Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion">"Dzhokhar Dudayev"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastu%C5%9B_Kalino%C5%ADski_Regiment" title="Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment">"Kastuś Kalinoŭski"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noman_%C3%87elebicihan_Battalion" title="Noman Çelebicihan Battalion">"Noman Çelebicihan"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Mansur_Battalion" title="Sheikh Mansur Battalion">"Sheikh Mansur"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasus_Legion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caucasus Legion (page does not exist)">Caucasus Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagestan_Volunteer_Battalion_Imam_Shamil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dagestan Volunteer Battalion Imam Shamil (page does not exist)">Imam Shamil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyiv_Cossack_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyiv Cossack Regiment (page does not exist)">"T. Shevchenko"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarmat_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarmat Division (page does not exist)">"Sarmat"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Volunteer_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Volunteer Corps">Ukrainian Volunteer Corps</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pechersk_Battalion" title="Pechersk Battalion">"Pechersk"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pahonia_Detachment" title="Pahonia Detachment">"Pahonia"</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RUYAN_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RUYAN Company (page does not exist)">"RUYAN"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Social_formation_%22North%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social formation "North" (page does not exist)">"North"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_group_%22Belarus%22" title="Tactical group "Belarus"">Tactical group "Belarus"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Volunteer_Army" title="Ukrainian Volunteer Army">Ukrainian Volunteer Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Separate_Battalion_of_the_UDA_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Separate Battalion of the UDA (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">5th Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Separate_Battalion_UDA_%22Aratta%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Separate Battalion UDA "Aratta" (page does not exist)">8th Battalion "Aratta"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Separate_light_infantry_detachment_%22Black_Fog%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Separate light infantry detachment "Black Fog" (page does not exist)">"Black Fog"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=UDA_Jewish_Company_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UDA Jewish Company (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">Jewish Company</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Separate_light_infantry_detachment_%22Wolf%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Separate light infantry detachment "Wolf" (page does not exist)">"Wolf"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Separate_light_infantry_detachment_%22Volyn%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Separate light infantry detachment "Volyn" (page does not exist)">"Volyn"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitallers_Medical_Battalion" title="Hospitallers Medical Battalion">"Hospitallers"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Russia_Legion" title="Freedom of Russia Legion">"Freedom of Russia"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kayfariki_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kayfariki Group (page does not exist)">"Kayfariki Group"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resistance_Committee_(Ukraine)" title="Resistance Committee (Ukraine)">"Resistance Committee"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Volunteer_Corps" title="Polish Volunteer Corps">"Polish Volunteer Corps"</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">Reformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Legion_(Ukraine)" title="Georgian Legion (Ukraine)">Georgian Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="49th Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">"Carpathian Sich"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholodnyy_Yar_(battle_detachment)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kholodnyy Yar (battle detachment) (page does not exist)">"Kholodnyy Yar"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OUN_Battalion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OUN Battalion (page does not exist)">"OUN"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#b4cdcd;">NGOs supporting military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerorozvidka" title="Aerorozvidka">Aerorozvidka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>Self-disbanded units are marked in <i>italics</i>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="War_in_Donbas_(2014–2022)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div 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Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Aircraft losses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_war_in_Donbas" title="International reactions to the war in Donbas">International reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_and_organizations_sanctioned_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctioned people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSCE_Special_Monitoring_Mission_to_Ukraine" title="OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine">OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilateral_Contact_Group_on_Ukraine" title="Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine">Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_volunteer_movement_helping_Ukrainian_forces_in_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbas">Civil volunteer movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-terrorist_Operation_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-terrorist Operation Zone">Anti-terrorist Operation Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil%E2%80%93military_administrations_(Ukraine)" title="Civil–military administrations (Ukraine)">Civil–military administrations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2014)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2015)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2015)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2016)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2016)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2017)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2017)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2018)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2018)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2019)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2019)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2020)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2021)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2022)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Artemivsk" title="Battle of Artemivsk">Battle of Artemivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Siege of Sloviansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Battle of Kramatorsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mariupol_(2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (2014)">Battle of Mariupol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014)" title="Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)">Battles of Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karlivka" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Karlivka">Battle of Karlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">1st Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Luhansk_Border_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of the Luhansk Border Base">Siege of the Luhansk Border Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krasnyi_Lyman" title="Battle of Krasnyi Lyman">Battle of Krasnyi Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelenopillia_rocket_attack" title="Zelenopillia rocket attack">Zelenopillia rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_in_Shakhtarsk_Raion" title="Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion">Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Horlivka" title="Battle of Horlivka">Battle of Horlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Battle of Ilovaisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novosvitlivka_refugee_convoy_attack" title="Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack">Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Novoazovsk" title="Battle of Novoazovsk">Battle of Novoazovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_on_Mariupol_(September_2014)" title="Offensive on Mariupol (September 2014)">Mariupol offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debaltseve" title="Battle of Debaltseve">Battle of Debaltseve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyrokyne_standoff" title="Shyrokyne standoff">Shyrokyne standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marinka_(2015)" title="Battle of Marinka (2015)">Battle of Marinka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Svitlodarsk" title="Battle of Svitlodarsk">Battle of Svitlodarsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2017)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2017)">Battle of Avdiivka (2017)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_status_referendums" title="2014 Donbas status referendums">Donbas status referendums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown" title="2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown">Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelling_of_Donetsk,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelling of Donetsk, Russia">Shelling of Donetsk, Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_cross-border_shelling_of_Ukraine" title="2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine">2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">MH17 shoot-down</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17_shootdown" title="International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown">reactions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2166" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166">UNSC Resolution 2166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wales_summit" title="2014 Wales summit">NATO summit in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_Protocol" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_general_elections" title="2014 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_G20_Brisbane_summit" title="2014 G20 Brisbane summit">2014 G20 Brisbane summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volnovakha_bus_attack" title="Volnovakha bus attack">Volnovakha bus attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2015_Mariupol_rocket_attack" title="January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack">Mariupol rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Kramatorsk_rocket_attack" title="February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack">Kramatorsk rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_II" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk II ceasefire agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kharkiv_bombing" title="2015 Kharkiv bombing">Kharkiv bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko#Death" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Donbas_general_elections" title="2018 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_to_capitulation!" title="No to capitulation!">No to capitulation!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanytsia_Luhanska_kindergarten_bombing" title="Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing">Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Self-proclaimed<br />states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/23px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/35px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/45px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Novorossiya_(confederation)" title="Novorossiya (confederation)">Novorossiya</a> (May 2014 – May 2015) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic_and_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic">International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(Pro-)<br />Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Separatist forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_used_by_Russian_separatist_forces_of_the_war_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of equipment used by Russian separatist forces of the war in Donbas">List of equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas#Luhansk_People's_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Army of the South-East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Army" title="Russian Orthodox Army">Russian Orthodox Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatants_of_the_war_in_Donbas#Vostok_Battalion" title="Combatants of the war in Donbas">Vostok Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmius_Brigade" title="Kalmius Brigade">Kalmius Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_Battalion" title="Sparta Battalion">Sparta Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_Battalion" title="Somalia Battalion">Somalia Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prizrak_Brigade" title="Prizrak Brigade">Prizrak Brigade</a></li></ul></li> <li>Political parties and movements <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Republic_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donetsk Republic (political party)">Donetsk Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Russia_Party" title="New Russia Party">New Russia Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic">Communist Party of DPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_to_Luhanshchina" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace to Luhanshchina">Peace to Luhanshchina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borotba" title="Borotba">Borotba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antifascist_Committee_of_Ukraine" title="Antifascist Committee of Ukraine">Antifascist Committee of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Choice" title="Ukrainian Choice">Ukrainian Choice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Russia_of_E._V._Limonov" title="The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov">The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Youth_Union" title="Eurasian Youth Union">Eurasian Youth Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Wolves" title="Night Wolves">Night Wolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Cossacks" title="Don Cossacks">Don Cossacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency" title="Internet Research Agency">Internet Research Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Movement" title="Russian Imperial Movement">Russian Imperial Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lead figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Russian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov" title="Vladislav Surkov">Vladislav Surkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a></li></ul></li> <li>Crimean <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Konstantinov_(politician)" title="Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)">Vladimir Konstantinov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Poklonskaya" title="Natalia Poklonskaya">Natalia Poklonskaya</a></li></ul></li> <li>Donetsk <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Antyufeyev" title="Vladimir Antyufeyev">Vladimir Antyufeyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Basurin" title="Eduard Basurin">Eduard Basurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Berezin" title="Fyodor Berezin">Fyodor Berezin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Bezler" title="Igor Bezler">Igor Bezler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Borodai" title="Alexander Borodai">Alexander Borodai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Chumachenko" title="Mikhail Chumachenko">Mikhail Chumachenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Girkin" title="Igor Girkin">Igor Girkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev" title="Pavel Gubarev">Pavel Gubarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Gubareva" title="Ekaterina Gubareva">Ekaterina Gubareva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Khakimzyanov" title="Igor Khakimzyanov">Igor Khakimzyanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Khodakovsky" title="Alexander Khodakovsky">Alexander Khodakovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kononov_(Donetsk_People%27s_Republic)" title="Vladimir Kononov (Donetsk People's Republic)">Vladimir Kononov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsen_Pavlov" title="Arsen Pavlov">Arsen Pavlov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Ponomarev_(public_figure)" title="Vyacheslav Ponomarev (public figure)">Vyacheslav Ponomarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Purgin" title="Andrei Purgin">Andrei Purgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Pushilin" title="Denis Pushilin">Denis Pushilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tolstykh" title="Mikhail Tolstykh">Mikhail Tolstykh</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Alexander Zakharchenko</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Zhurikov" title="Sergei Zhurikov">Sergei Zhurikov</a></li></ul></li> <li>Luhansk <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bednov" title="Alexander Bednov">Alexander Bednov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valery_Bolotov" title="Valery Bolotov">Valery Bolotov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Karyakin" title="Aleksey Karyakin">Aleksey Karyakin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kharitonov_(politician)" title="Aleksandr Kharitonov (politician)">Aleksandr Kharitonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsen_Klinchaev" title="Arsen Klinchaev">Arsen Klinchaev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kozlov_(politician)" title="Sergey Kozlov (politician)">Sergey Kozlov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Mozgovoy" title="Aleksey Mozgovoy">Aleksey Mozgovoy</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Pasechnik" title="Leonid Pasechnik">Leonid Pasechnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Plotnitsky" title="Igor Plotnitsky">Igor Plotnitsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadiy_Tsypkalov" title="Gennadiy Tsypkalov">Gennadiy Tsypkalov</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>Kharkiv <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yevhen_Zhylin" title="Yevhen Zhylin">Yevhen Zhylin</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>Others <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin" title="Aleksandr Dugin">Aleksandr Dugin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelya_Shtepa" title="Nelya Shtepa">Nelya Shtepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Tsaryov" title="Oleg Tsaryov">Oleg Tsaryov</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ukrainian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Government of Ukraine <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Yatsenyuk_government" title="First Yatsenyuk government">1st Yatsenyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Yatsenyuk_Government" title="Second Yatsenyuk Government">2nd Yatsenyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groysman_Government" title="Groysman Government">Groysman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azov_Brigade" title="Azov Brigade">Azov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donbas_Battalion" title="Donbas Battalion">Donbas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Tasks_Patrol_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Tasks Patrol Police">Patrol Police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment" title="Dnipro-1 Regiment">Dnipro-1</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Armed Forces of Ukraine">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_territorial_defence_battalions" title="Ukrainian territorial defence battalions">Territorial defense battalions</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aidar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="39th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Dnipro-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="40th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Kryvbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Rukh Oporu</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force</a></li> <li><a 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