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'''Dnipro Battalion''', also known as Dnipro-1 ({{lang-uk|Батальйон «Дніпро»}}), is a volunteer battalion of territorial defense of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine]] that is based in [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. The formation was established in April 2014, during the [[2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine]] initiating multiple separatist movements in southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, drawing from "civic groups".<ref>http://vesti.ua/harkov/47716-v-batalon-harkov-prishli-pervye-100-dobrovolcev</ref><ref>http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1121132</ref> Its assignments include duty at checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.
'''Dnipro Battalion''', also known as Dnipro-1 ({{lang-uk|Батальйон «Дніпро»}}), is a militia battalion of the [[patrol]] police of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine]] that is based in [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. The unit was established in April 2014 on a voluntary basis during the [[2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine]], which initiated multiple separatist movements in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/05/the_secret_of_eastern_ukraines_one_rebelfree_region.html The secret of eastern Ukraine’s one rebel-free region], The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukrainian-city-stays-quiet-amid-war/2014/06/24/fe7f2e35-a111-4a89-93fa-9b0abdb5aa7e_story.html Ukrainian city stays quiet amid war], The Washington Post, June 25, 2014.</ref><ref>{{ref-ru}} [http://vesti.ua/donbass/54309-batalon-dnepr-vzjal-kontrol-nad-zheleznoj-dorogoj Батальон "Днепр" взял контроль над железной дорогой ], Vesti.ua, May 30, 2014.</ref><ref>{{ref-ru}} [http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1121132 МВД Украины создает спецподразделения по охране общественного порядка], April 15, 2014.</ref> Its assignments include duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.


The militia unit, nicknamed [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi|Kolomoyskyi’s]] battalion, is funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1".<ref>[http://links.org.au/node/3942 Ukraine’s fractures: Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko in 'New Left Review'], (Ukrainian socialist Volodymyr Ishchenko is the founding editor in Ukraine of the journal ″Spilne″), New Left Review, № 8, May-June 2014.</ref><ref>{{ref-uk}} [http://uanews.dp.ua/other/2014/05/19/45215.html Всі бажаючі можуть допомогти батальйону «Дніпро» і Полку національної захисту], Dnipropetrovsk news, May 19, 2014.)</ref>
The battalion practises [[fundraising]]; via the "charity organization" Dnepr-1 Fund it accepts financial donations.<ref>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/press-release/206943.html Here are the payment requisites for sending funds for the battalion "Dnepr" and the Regiment of national protection needs], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 May 2014)</ref>


Russia considers the Dnipro Battalion as a terrorist group.<ref>http://izvestia.ru/news/571817#ixzz33fTNLCLc</ref>
Russia considers the Dnipro Battalion as a terrorist group.<ref>{{ref-ru}} [http://izvestia.ru/news/571817#ixzz33fTNLCLc В России бойцов «Днепра» и «Донбасса» признают террористами], June 4, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://un.ua/eng/article/516158.html Russia Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case Against Avakov, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Kolomoiskyi On Suspicion Of Masterminding Murders], Ukrainian News Agency, June 18, 2014.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{ref-uk}} [http://www.gazeta.lviv.ua/sites/default/files/vogon_batalion.pdf Volunteer detachments fighting in Donbass]


{{Special police detachments in Ukraine}}
{{Special police detachments in Ukraine}}

Revision as of 15:29, 8 July 2014

Dnipro Battalion
Батальйон «Дніпро»
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUA
Governing bodyMinistry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)
Operational structure
HeadquartersDnipropetrovsk
Agency executive
  • Yuriy Bereza[1]

Dnipro Battalion, also known as Dnipro-1 (Ukrainian: Батальйон «Дніпро»), is a militia battalion of the patrol police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine that is based in Dnipropetrovsk. The unit was established in April 2014 on a voluntary basis during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, which initiated multiple separatist movements in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.[2][3][4][5] Its assignments include duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.

The militia unit, nicknamed Kolomoyskyi’s battalion, is funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1".[6][7]

Russia considers the Dnipro Battalion as a terrorist group.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Template:Ref-ru Reward for turning weapons and capturing saboteurs will pay directly at checkpoints, Gorod.dp., April 17, 2014.
  2. ^ The secret of eastern Ukraine’s one rebel-free region, The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Ukrainian city stays quiet amid war, The Washington Post, June 25, 2014.
  4. ^ Template:Ref-ru Батальон "Днепр" взял контроль над железной дорогой , Vesti.ua, May 30, 2014.
  5. ^ Template:Ref-ru МВД Украины создает спецподразделения по охране общественного порядка, April 15, 2014.
  6. ^ Ukraine’s fractures: Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko in 'New Left Review', (Ukrainian socialist Volodymyr Ishchenko is the founding editor in Ukraine of the journal ″Spilne″), New Left Review, № 8, May-June 2014.
  7. ^ Template:Ref-uk Всі бажаючі можуть допомогти батальйону «Дніпро» і Полку національної захисту, Dnipropetrovsk news, May 19, 2014.)
  8. ^ Template:Ref-ru В России бойцов «Днепра» и «Донбасса» признают террористами, June 4, 2014.
  9. ^ Russia Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case Against Avakov, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Kolomoiskyi On Suspicion Of Masterminding Murders, Ukrainian News Agency, June 18, 2014.
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