Batkivshchyna Battalion

34th Territorial Defense Battalion "Batkivshchyna"
Ukrainian: 34-й батальйон територіальної оборони «Батьківщина»

Unit insignia
Active 2014 -
Country  Ukraine
Allegiance Ministry of Defense
Type Battalion of Territorial Defense (BTD)

The 34th Territorial Defense Battalion "Batkivshchyna", also known as the Batkivshchyna Battalion (Battalion "Fatherland"), is a Territorial Defense Battalion of Ukraine formed from volunteers of the "Resistance movement" (70%) and based in Kirovohrad Oblast and it is currently fighting in the War in Donbass.[1] The unit was formed and funded by Batkivshchyna in June 2014 as part of the parties "Resistance movement" that it created because it felt Russia threatened Ukraine.[2][3]

The battalion (claims to) have its own military intelligence and special operations forces.[4]

On 1 August 2014 the battalion claimed it had destroyed the Lugansk People's Republic's Prizrak Battalion.[5]

References

  1. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Promised REMEDIES TRANSFORMATION 34 BATTALION territorial defense, Kirovohrad Oblast Council (26 July 2014)
  2. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Militants received humanitarian aid from Russia, LB (2 August 2014)
  3. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Batkivshchyna gave soldiers ATO military equipment in the amount of about 5.5 million , RBC Ukraine (24 August 2014)
  4. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Battalion "Fatherland" said to have killed the leader of the terrorists Lyeshoho, LB (1 August 2014)
  5. ↑ The Ukrainian security officers struck blow to a battalion of terrorists "Ghost" and hard wounded his leader Leshego, Crime NO (1 August 2014)
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