It was established by the Mariupol United City Military Commissariat of Donetsk Region with its completion being set for 29 December 2014 in accordance with the joint directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dated 25 November 2014, initially by
Operational Command South and later transferred to
Operational Command East. It was trained by foreign specialists including the head of Georgian military intelligence. Following the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it saw comabt. On 22 July 2022, a soldier of the battalion, Pepryk Roman Olegovich was killed during a rocket attack near
Apostolove. It has been working in coordination with the
Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine). Most activities of the Battalion are kept secret. ==Structure==