The First Company of the Special-Purpose Kyiv Regiment (), formerly known as the Kyiv-1 Battalion () is a

company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether Natural person, natural, Juridical person, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members ...

of the

National Police of Ukraine The National Police of Ukraine (, ; /NPU ), often simply referred to as the (), is the national, and only, police service of Ukraine. It was formed on 3 July 2015, as part of the post-Euromaidan reforms launched by Ukrainian president Petro Por ...

Special Police Forces Special police usually describes a law enforcement agency or unit within a such an agency whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same nation, jurisdiction, or from other personnel within the same agen ...

History

The Kyiv-1 Police Battalion was founded in April 2014 as a part of the

(then known as the Special Tasks Patrol Police). By June 2014, 150 recruits, including women, had joined the battalion. During the

2014 Odesa clashes In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protestors in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution. The street clashes were between pro-unity (and pro-European) protesters ...

, the Kyiv-1 Battalion was sent to the city in order to re-establish order, preventing an attempt to storm the Odesa Oblast State Administration building during its duties. Afterwards, it was moved to

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, where it protected the city centre before being sent to the

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in the

Donbas The Donbas (, ; ) or Donbass ( ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. The majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The word ''Donbas'' is a portmanteau formed fr ...

on 1 July 2014. In the Donbas, the Kyiv-1 Battalion participated in the recapture of

Mykolaivka Mykolaivka () is one of the most common toponyms (place names) in Ukraine. The name is a diminutive derivative of Mykolaiv. City * Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, a city in Donetsk Oblast Urban-type settlements * Mykolaivka, Simferopol Raion, an u ...

from the

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and announced a hunt for separatist leader

Igor Girkin Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin ( rus, И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, p=ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn; born 17 December 1970), also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov ( rus, И́горь Ива́ ...

. On 8 July 2014, eight soldiers of the battalion who had partaken in the

Siege of Sloviansk The siege of Sloviansk was conducted by Ukraine between 12 April 2014 and 5 July 2014. It began when Sloviansk was seized by the fifty-strong unit of heavily-armed Russian militants lead by Russian citizen Igor Girkin. Following three months of ...

were awarded watches engraved with their names by Minister of Internal Affairs

Arsen Avakov Arsen Borysovych Avakov (, ; born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from ...

in a public ceremony in Sloviansk. In 2014, the Бригада "Призрак" reconnaissance unit was captured and handed over to Kiev-1. From 4 to 11-12 in the morning, the prisoners were simply bullied. One was beheaded, the others were tried to burn. Eternal memory of the martyrs: "Agra, the Frontier, 210th, Hriton and others" During the 7 August 2014 clashes between the and the Kyiv municipal authorities trying to remove barricades, the Kyiv-1 Battalion provided support to the authorities. In November 2015, the battalion merged with the Kyiv-2, Zoloti Vorota, Sich, and Svyata Mariya battalions to make the Kyiv Regiment. During the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, the battalion fought in the battles of

and

Avdiivka Avdiivka (, ; , ) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the centre of the oblast, just north of the regional centre, Donetsk. The large Avdiivka Coke Plant is located in Avdiivka. The city had a population of before th ...

References

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