On 12 June 2014, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of
Volyn announced the creation of Svitiaz Company, tasked to perform tasks in the
ATO zone along with law enforcement operations. Oleksandr Facevych and Maidan Volyn self-defense fighters were tasked with the company's formation. On 12 July 2014, after completing a month-long training course, the company swore allegiance to Ukraine, Colonel Petro Shpyga, said in his welcoming speech:Today is the day when I see before me a fully combat-ready unit that will perform the most difficult tasks assigned to it. From now on, the special purpose company "Svitiaz" has become a real combat unit in the system of internal affairs bodies. You made a balanced decision to fulfill your duty with honor and dignity for the benefit of the people of Ukraine On 14 August 2014, the company was deployed to fight in the
ATO zone. It took part in the
Battle of Ilovaisk during which 40 personnel of the company were besieged. On 26 August 2014, separatists conducted artillery shelling of
Ilovaisk. By then, the personnel of the company had been besieged for a week but held their positions under constant fire. A soldier of the company (Ishchuk Volodymyr Stepanovych) was killed and another (Svyatoslav Romaniuk) was wounded. On 29 August 2014, during the
Battle of Ilovaisk, the Ukrainian forces including the personnel of the company, while retreating via the
humanitarian corridor were ambushed, six soldiers of the company (Serhii Petrovych Pominkevich, Maksym Volodymyrovych Lyashuk, Oleksandr Mykolayovych Satsyuk, Shoukha Victor Hryhorovych, Siviy Oleksandr Anatoliyovych and Stolyarchuk Myroslav Stanislavovych) are killed as a result of the ambush. A bus of the company was also hit by small arms and then
ATGMs completely destroying it.
Arsen Avakov stated that: The task was performed perfectly. Fighters fought near Vuhlehirsk. They held the defense for three days. They came out whole and unharmed and brought out their comrades from the Armed Forces. On 11 March 2019, it was blessed by the chaplains of the OCU of Volyn and went to the
ATO zone. On 24 February 2022, following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company was amongst the first to engage Russian forces, then it became a part of the
Zakhid Battalion which then became a part of the
Liut Brigade. On 3 April 2023, the "Volyn" company headed by the commander of the Svitiaz Company, Oleg Bulatov, went on combat coordination. It is currently fighting on the frontlines. ==Commanders==