Sich Battalion

Sich Battalion
Ukrainian: батальйон патрульної служби міліції особливого призначення "Сiч"
ActiveJune 2014 – present
Country Ukraine
Allegiance VO Svoboda (2014–2015)
Ministry of Internal Affairs (2015–present)
BranchSpecial Tasks Patrol Police (2015–present)
TypePolice Tactical Unit
EngagementsWar in Donbas

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Sich Battalion (Ukrainian: Батальйон "Сiч"), officially known as the 4th Sich Company of the Kyiv Regiment[a] (4-та рота «Січ» полку «Київ», 4-ta rota "Sich" polku "Kyiv"), is a Ukrainian special police battalion consisting of volunteers from Kyiv.[1] The unit was formed in June 2014 by volunteers from the far-right party Svoboda at the start of the war in Donbas.[2]


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  1. ^ "A new volunteer of the Ukrainian interior ministry's special battalion "Sich" embraces his relative during a ceremony in Kyiv". Yahoo News Philippines. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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