The 98th Territorial Defence Battalion 'Azov-Dnipro' is a Ukrainian battalion of the Territorial Defence Forces, a branch of the larger

Azov Regiment The 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov" () is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. It was founded in May 2014 as the Azov Battalion (), ...

of the

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. The Battalion is led by Rodion Kudryashov, the commander of Azov's reconnaissance and sabotage company. The Battalion is based in the city of

Dnipro Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...

Russian invasion of Ukraine

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the battalion was stationed in the town of

Orikhiv Orikhiv (, ; , ) is a city in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It had an estimated population of as of 1 January 2022. Early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many residents were evacuated, with 6,000 remaining by Au ...

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an import ...

, as part of the Southern Ukraine offensive. On 13 May 2022, the battalion released footage of an attack on a

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military post near Orikhiv, showing footage of a destroyed Russian ammunition depot. In January 2023, the battalion was reformed into the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the

3rd Assault Brigade The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade () is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022. The brigade was established by a merger of the Azov SSO (Special Operations Forces (Ukraine), Special Operations Forces) units that had been create ...

Symbolics

File:Azov dnipro.png, The first version of the battalion arm badge File:98 Б ТрО Азов (Дніпро).png, An early version of the battalion insignia File:98th Territorial Defence Battalion "Azov-Dnipro" Insignia - Second Variant.png, Arm badge of the 98th battalion of the TrO "Azov-Dnipro" File:Шеврон 98 об ТрО 108 обр ТрО.jpg, The armband of the unit

References

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