Special Tasks Patrol Police
# Special Tasks Patrol Police

The Special Tasks Patrol Police (Ukrainian: Патрульна служба поліції особливого призначення) is a Ukrainian volunteer corps of law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. It was originally created for prevention of criminal encroachment and defence of civil order on 15 April 2014, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the ongoing war in Donbas, the forces of the Special Tasks Patrol Police have fought against pro-Russian separatists as a paramilitary force.

## History

In April 2014, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create special police battalions. It was formed 56 units of Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya. Those were companies and battalions of special tasks militsiya patrol service (Ukrainian: Батальйон Патрульної Служби Міліції Особливого Призначення [Abbr: Ukrainian: БПСМОП]). After 2015 «About National Police» laws Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya became Special Tasks Patrol Police.

As of 2016, there are regiments of Special Tasks Patrol Police, such as Dnipro-1.

## List of Special Tasks Patrol Police units

### Special Police Forces

In April 2014, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create battalions of special purpose within the Ministry of Internal Affairs structure. Their goal was to protect public order and important facilities across Ukraine, but all of these units were eventually sent to the east to counter Russian aggression. After the reformation of National Police in 2015, the units were reformed as Special Task Patrol Police units.

* Bohdan Company, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
* Chernihiv Company, Chernihiv Oblast
* Dnipro-1 Regiment, Dnipro Oblast
   * Armored Group
   * 2nd Company
   * Aerorozvidka
   * 5th Company Donetsk
   * Krym Company
* East Company, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
* Ivano-Frankivsk Company, Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kherson Company, Kherson, Kherson Oblast
* Kryvbas Company, Dnipro Oblast
* Kyiv Regiment, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
   * 1st Police Company Kyiv-1
   * 2nd Police Company Kyiv-2
   * 3rd Police Company Zoloti Vorota
   * 4th Police Company Sich
* Luhansk-1 Battalion
* Lviv Battalion, Lviv, Lviv Oblast
* Poltava Battalion, Poltava, Poltava Oblast
* Shtorm Battalion, Odesa, Odesa Oblast
* Svityaz Company, Volyn Oblast
* Ternopil Company, Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
* Vinnytsya Battalion, Vinnytsia Oblast
* Zakhid Battalion, Volyn Oblast

## Gallery

| Members of the "Sich" Battalion in a formation. | Volunteers of the special police "Azov" Battalion |
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