The Kryvbas Company is a company of the

Dnipro-1 Regiment The "Dnipro-1" Regiment () is a Special Tasks Patrol Police of Ukraine, Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The regiment is based in Dnipro. The Dnipro-1 was one the first official Ukrai ...

of the Liut Brigade of the

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subordinated to

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. The regiment is currently based in

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( ; , ), also known as Krivoy Rog ( ), is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropo ...

. It was established in 2014 and has, since then seen regular combat on the frontlines in addition to special counter-crime operations in Kryvyi Rih.

History

In April 2014, the head of the

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, announced the establishment of a volunteer corps of special units of the

. In June 2014, the head of the

, Andriy Grechuh, took the initiative to create the Kryvbas Special Purpose Company. On 2 June 2014, the Kryvbas Company was established as a separate Company of the

. Public organizations as "Avtomaidan" and "Women's Hundred", the Armenian and Azerbaijani diaspora, provided material support to the battalion. For three months, it was trained and deployed for law enforcement operations in

All fighters are instructed, have passed special training. All patriots of their country, whose main task is to establish contact with local residents, to ensure the protection of public order and the safety of local residentsУ зону АТО вирушив міліційний батальйон "Кривбас" (ФОТО)
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On 19 September 2014, it was deployed to the

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. In 2014–2015, the Kryvbas Company spent eight and a half months on combat duty at ground zero on the Lebedynske-Shirokyno line in

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. In 2015, the battalion became the Kryvbas Special Purpose Patrol Service Company in

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, it also conducted patrol and special operations in

. On 15 October 2021, a weapon stash of 89 grenade launchers of various models, 178 rocket-propelled grenades, 336 hand grenades, 329 fuzes, 56,000 rounds of ammunition, fuzes for anti-tank mines, and smoke grenades was discovered from the battalion's territory in Tonenke, the equipment was unlicensed and allegedly intended for sale, a probe was launched into the matter. Following the

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, it performed combat operations. In January 2024, as a part of the

, it became a part of the Liut Brigade.Рота поліції «Кривбас»
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/ref> In May 2024, the company along with

became artillery support units.До «Люті» приєднався новий полк вогневої пілтримки
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Commanders

* Major Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza (2014-?) * Major Ihor Sapiga (?-)

Sources

У зону АТО відправився міліцейський батальйон «Кривбас» (ФОТО)
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References

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