22nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)

22nd Motorized Infantry Battalion "Kharkiv"
Ukrainian: 22-й батальйон територіальної оборони «Харків»
22nd Territorial Defence Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	2014 — present
Country	Ukraine
Allegiance	Ministry of Defence
Branch	Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized Infantry
Size	Battalion
Engagements	War in Donbas

22nd Motorized Infantry Battalion^[1] also known as Kharkiv Battalion^[2]^[3] is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces that was established as 22nd territorial defense battalion "Kharkiv" in 2014. The battalion is subordinated to the Ministry of Defense.^[4]

History

The formation was established in April 2014 in Kharkiv during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.^[5]

The battalion is based in Svatove.^[6]

General
topics

Timeline	April–June 2014 July–September 2014 October–December 2014 January–March 2015 April–June 2015 July–September 2015 October–December 2015 January–March 2016 April–June 2016 July–September 2016 October–December 2016 January–March 2017 April–June 2017 July 2017–present
Battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Zelenopillya rocket attack (11 July 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (16 January – 20 February 2015) Shyrokyne standoff (10 February – 3 July 2015) Battle of Marinka (3 June 2015) Battle of Svitlodarsk (18–23 December 2016) Battle of Avdiivka (29 January – 4 February 2017)
Related	Humanitarian situation International reactions

Other
events

Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014)
Support of Ukraine Act (3 April 2014)
Odessa clashes (2 May 2014)
Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014)
Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014)
40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014)
Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014)
Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014)
- reactions
UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014)
NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014)
Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014)
Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014)
Donbass general elections (2 November 2014)
2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014)
Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015)
Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015)
Mariupol rocket attack (24 January 2015)
Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015)
Kharkiv bombing (22 February 2015)
Ukraine power grid cyberattack (December 2015)
2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine (27 June 2017)

Proclaimed
states

Background

Main places

Cities	Kiev Maidan Nezalezhnosti Khreshchatyk Donetsk International Airport Donbass Arena Druzhba Arena Luhansk International Airport Avanhard Stadium Kharkiv Odessa Simferopol Sevastopol
Donetsk Oblast	Avdiivka Bakhmut Debaltseve Dobropillia Druzhkivka Dzerkalne Horlivka Hrabove Ilovaisk Karlivka Khartsyzk Kirovske Komsomolske Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Krasnohorivka Lyman Makiivka Marinka Mariupol Mykolaivka Novoazovsk Pisky Pokrovsk Savur-Mohyla Shakhtarsk Siversk Sloviansk Snizhne Soledar Staromykhailivka Svitlodarsk Toretsk Torez Volnovakha Vuhledar Vuhlehirsk Yampil Yasynuvata Yenakiieve Zhdanivka
Luhansk Oblast	Alchevsk Antratsyt Chornukhyne Hirske Izvaryne Kirovsk Krasnodon Krasnyi Luch Lutuhyne Lysychansk Metalist Miusynsk Novosvitlivka Oleksandrivsk Pervomaisk Pobieda Popasna Rubizhne Shchastya Sievierodonetsk Stakhanov Stanytsia Luhanska Sverdlovsk

(Pro-)
Russian

Organizations

Lead figures

Ukrainian

Organizations

Lead figures

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