The 3rd Battalion of the Territorial Defense of the Lviv Region ( Ukrainian 3rd Battalion of the Territorial Defense of Lviv Region ) is a separate battalion created in the Lviv Region and later incorporated into the 24th separate mechanized brigade of the Land Forces of Ukraine.
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Years of existence | from March 18, 2014 |
A country | Ukraine |
Subordination | Ministry of Defense of Ukraine |
Enters into | 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade |
Type of | territorial defense battalion |
Number of | battalion |
Dislocation | |
Nickname | "Will" |
Participation in | Armed conflict in the east of Ukraine |
Marks of Excellence | |
Commanders | |
Famous Commanders | Andrei Kushnir [1] [2] |
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Prior Events
March 19, 2014, the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine decided to establish operational headquarters at the regional state administrations of the border regions of Ukraine [3] . March 30, 2014 and. about. President of Ukraine A.V. Turchinov instructed the heads of regional administrations to begin creating territorial defense battalions in each region of Ukraine [4] .
On April 30, 2014, a formal decision was taken to entrust the creation of territorial defense battalions in each region of Ukraine to regional military commissariats [5] .
Manning and manning
March 18, 2014 began the creation of the 3rd battalion of territorial defense in the Lviv region [6] .
The formation of the battalion took place using the budget of the Lviv region [7] [8] :
- Thus, on March 21, 2014, the Lviv Regional Council adopted the “Program for the Material and Technical Support of the 3rd Battalion of the Territorial Defense of the Lviv Region”, in accordance with which the battalion was allocated1 million hryvnia from the regional budget of the Lviv region and another 3.72 million hryvnia from other sources not prohibited by law. These funds were decided to spend on the purchase of protective equipment, communications equipment, clothing and property equipment [9] .
On May 8, 2014, the regional administration of the Lviv region adopted Decree No. 149/0 / 5-14 on conducting organizational work and a promotional campaign to recruit volunteers for service in the battalion [10] .
As of mid-May 2014, the monetary allowance for the battalion’s servicemen was 4,200–5,700 hryvnia for officers and 2,400–3,400 hryvnia for soldiers and sergeants [11]
Personnel recruitment was completed on May 30, 2014 [12] , over 400 men aged 25 to 40 served in the battalion, [13] with the majority of the battalion's military personnel previously serving in the armed forces of Ukraine or internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine [1] .
The personnel of the battalion was trained at the training center of the International Center for Peacemaking and Security in the town of Yavorov [14] and at the Yavoriv military training ground [15] [16]
As of the beginning of September 2014, men aged 21 to 50 years served in the battalion, among whom were not only natives of the Lviv region, but also natives of other regions of Ukraine (including Odessa, Kharkov and Donetsk) [17]
In November 2014, the 3rd battalion of the territorial defense of the Lviv region was reorganized into the 3rd separate motorized infantry battalion of the 24th separate mechanized brigade [18] .
Activity
On July 1, 2014, it was announced that the battalion was being sent “to the zone of the antiterrorist operation” [19] .
On July 4, 2014, the battalion was sent to the combat zone in eastern Ukraine, and later the battalion personnel were deployed at six checkpoints (in the Luhansk region and in the border zone, at a distance of 6–8 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border) [7]
On September 5, 2014, more than 100 battalion servicemen were sent from Lviv to the combat zone [20] .
As of October 1, 2014, the battalion was in a combat zone in the Lugansk region [21] .
On December 5, 2014, the battalion was withdrawn from the combat zone to the place of its permanent deployment to the Lviv region [22]
In accordance with the decree of the President of Ukraine P. Poroshenko No. 44 of February 11, 2016, rendering assistance to the battalion was entrusted to the Lviv Regional State Administration [23] .
Machinery, weapons and equipment
The battalion personnel are armed with small arms (including AK-74 assault rifles and RPK-74 light machine guns), as well as RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers [24] .
At the beginning of June 2014, the battalion received 200 body armor from the Academy of Land Forces. Hetman P. Sagaydachny, some more military personnel independently acquired means of protection [1] .
On August 1, 2014, one of the deputies from the Lviv region handed over to the battalion his own armored personnel carrier BTR-60P , which later underwent major repairs and modernization at the state enterprise Lviv Tank Repair Plant (a mount for the machine gun, a new radio station and lattice anti-cumulative screens were installed). On August 28, an armored troop-carrier (given its own name "Lyuty Zenik") was sent to the battalion [25] .
On September 20, 2014, the Lviv City Council decided to purchase for the battalion several prefabricated roadblocks developed at the Lviv enterprise. TzOV "Plit" [26] . The checkpoint is designed for three servicemen and is a metal structure sheathed in geotextile , which should be filled with sand or soil. The cost of one checkpoint is 20 thousand hryvnia [27] .
In October 2014, the battalion received the Mitsubishi Challenger SUV [28] .
Command
- battalion commander: reserve lieutenant colonel A. V. Kushnir
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lviv Battalion of the Territorial Defense and Preparations before the Viconny Zavdan // official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine dated July 5, 2014
- ↑ Volodymyr Rihlіtsky. The decks of the 3rd Battalion of theforoboron "Lviv" slander by alcohol, - the battalion // "Zaxid.NET" vid 25 June 2014
- ↑ NSDC decided to bring the army on alert and to introduce a visa regime with Russia Archived October 6, 2014. // NEWSRU.UA of March 19, 2014
- ↑ Seven battalions of territorial defense created in Ukraine // RIA “Novosti” of March 30, 2014
- ↑ Ministry of Defense: In the areas of military battalion territorial defense // single web-portal of the executive authorities of Ukraine on April 30, 2014
- ↑ Lviv creates a territorial defense battalion // “Arguments and Facts - Ukraine” dated March 18, 2014
- ↑ 1 2 Battalion of the Territorial Defense of the Lviv Zakhistoi ryst roadblocks near the ATO zone // “Great Lion” from July 15, 2014
- ↑ In the Lviv region, the recruitment of volunteers to the 3rd battalion of territorial defense continues // “Lviv News” dated May 12, 2014
- ↑ To support the 3rd Battalion of the territorial defense of the Lviv region will allocate about $ 500 thousand. // REGNUM news agency from March 21, 2014
- ↑ Rozporizzhennya golovi Lvivsky Oblast Oblast Power Admiral Administration 8 Grass February 2014 No. 149/0 / 5-14 “About the Organizing of the Robot of the Volunteer Zluchenny hornadyan before joining the Vyykov service for the 3rd Battalion I’m part of your company.
- ↑ In Lviv, there was a lot to do with the pitan of the trunk battalion of the territorial defense / official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on May 16, 2014
- ↑ On Lvivshchyna completed the kit of the battalion of the territorial defense / official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on May 31, 2014
- ↑ In Lviv region, the formation of the battalion of the territorial defense was completed // official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Battalion Territorial Defense and Defense of the Lviv army, proceeding to combat the need for warfare // the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine dated June 5, 2014
- Трет The Third Battalion of the Territorial Defense: // “Zaxid.NET” dated May 30, 2014
- ↑ " People’s Deputy Igor Vasyunyk reports today, on June 30, on his Facebook page:" Yesterday I transferred body armor to our military to the 3rd Lviv territorial defense battalion and reservists, who are undergoing training in the 184th training center . All of them are subordinated to the Northern Territory District " "
Nardep Vasyunyk handed over bullet-proof vests to the Lviv battalion and heard the truth about the ATO archived on March 16, 2015. - ↑ A battalion of territorial defense set off from Lvov to the east [Video] // “News of the 24th Channel” dated September 6, 2014
- ↑ The Third Terrorion Battalion of Teroroboni Lvivshchyna rozformavali (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Battalion Terror Defense Lviv region. will strengthen the position of the ATO forces in the East // "112.UA" dated July 1, 2014
- ↑ More than 100 fighters of the defense team battalion left Lviv to the ATO zone // “Interfax-Ukraine” dated September 5, 2014
- ↑ In Lviv, relatives of ATO fighters blocked the city center (photo, video) // “Today. UA ”dated October 1, 2014
- ↑ Іz zones held ATO in Lviv region turn around battalion territorial defense // the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on December 5, 2014
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 44 of 11 September 2016 "About chefs help to all parts of the Formation Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine and the Priory Service of Ukraine"
- Military exercises in the Lviv region // “BBC - Ukraine” dated June 5, 2014
- Предприниматель the entrepreneur handed over to the Lviv territorial defense battalion a restored and modernized BTR-60 "Luty Zenik"
- ↑ Lviv Battalion Teroroboni and Mobile Mobile Blockposts // GalInfo vid 17, 2014
- ↑ In Lviv, began to issue roadblocks for the ATO zone // “Correspondent. NET ”September 20, 2014
- ↑ Dar'ya Buryachenko. Lviv Battalion Teroroboni was given a gift by a Mitsubishi Challenger pozashchlyahik // "Zaxid.NET" vіd 15 zhovtnya 2014