Krym Battalion
The Krym Battalion (Ukrainian: Батальйон «Крим», romanized: Batalyon «Krym»; transl. "Crimea Battalion") is a Ukrainian military volunteer unit subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Created in June 2014, until March 2015, it participated in Anti-terrorist operations in Eastern Ukraine as part of a company of the Special Tasks Patrol Police unit Dnipro-1. The Battalion is based in Kherson.
| Krym Battalion | |
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| Ukrainian: добровольчий спецпідрозділ МВС України «Крим» | |
Krym Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia with 2 crossed sabers & an image of a Tamga taraq tamğa
, an ancient family symbol of the Herai dynasty, now the national coat of arms of the Crimean Tatar people. | |
| Active | 2014 – present |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Type | Police tactical unit |
| Role | Counterinsurgency |
| Size | 600 |
| Part of | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Garrison/HQ | Kherson, Kherson Oblast |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Isa Akaev |
On November 12, 2014, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and the leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement, Mustafa Dzhemilev, announced the reformation of the Crimean Tatar company into a battalion.
In March 2022, it joined the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine.
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