It was established on 31 October 1992, on the basis of a battalion of the
481st Convoy Regiment in
Vinnytsia. On 23 December 1998, a special patrol company was established in the battalion and it was transferred to the
Internal Troops of Ukraine. Since 1999, the battalion has been stationed in
Khmelnytskyi and carries out tasks related to the protection of Ukrainian territorial integrity, public order in Khmelnytskyi and
Kamianets-Podilskyi and escorting convicts during court proceedings. In 2014 it was transferred to the
National Guard of Ukraine and after the start of the
War in Donbass, it was deployed first to
Luhansk Oblast to defend the
Luhansk Airport and then saw heavy combat deployment during the
Battle of Mariupol with over a hundred servicemen being deployed. Following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, the battalion has been deployed to the frontlines and saw combat against Russian forces. ==Structure==