Harpoon Company (Ukraine)

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Harpoon Company
Ukrainian: Рота поліції «Гарпун»
Rota PSPOP Garpun.png
Harpoon Company Insignia
Active2014–present
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Branch Geral'dichnii znak - emblema MVS Ukrayini.svg Ministry of Internal Affairs
Type Special Tasks Patrol Police
Part of Shevron batal'ionu "Mirotvorets'".jpg Myrotvorets Battalion
Garrison/HQ Kyiv
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian War
Insignia
Former Insignia Harpoon Battalion.jpg

The Harpoon Company is the 3rd company of the Myrotvorets Battalion of the Liut Brigade of the Special Tasks Patrol Police subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The company is currently based in Kyiv. It was established in 2014 and has, since then seen regular combat on the frontlines.

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History

On 15 September 2014, the Harpoon Battalion was established as a volunteer Battalion composed of volunteers participants of the Revolution of Dignity, especially the activists of "Maidan Self-Defense", "Free People", "Plast", Youth Nationalist Congress and C14. [1] [2] In November 2014, the personnel of the battalion were deployed to the ATO zone and conducted successful combat operations in Kramatorsk, Svitlodarsk, Chasiv Yar, among other settlements. [1] On 22 July 2015, two soldiera of the battalion (Mykola Mykolayovych Hordiychuk [3] [4] and Biryukov Yevhen Andriyovych [5] ) were blown up by a landmine near Avdiivka, received numerous wounds and died on way to Krasnoarmiisk hospital. [1] Although the Battalion was designated for Reconnaissance and Counter-Reconnaissance operations [6] specializing in camouflage, survival in the wild, covert operations, operations behind the enemy lines amongst others [7]

Following the battalion's reformation into a Company, it's tasks were changed to service at checkpoints despite the promises to keep the company for it's specific tasks. [6] On 7 August 2015, "Kyivschyna", "Harpoon" [8] and a part of the "Tornado" Company were reformed into the 2nd, 3rd [9] and 4th Separate Companies of the Myrotvorets Battalion. [10]

Tasks

Following are the main tasks of the company: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Гарпун: Історії одного батальйону
  2. ↑ Список «С14»: чому активісти могли опинитися на дошці розшуку поліції?
  3. ↑ Гордійчук Микола Миколайович
  4. ↑ Гордійчук Микола Миколайович
  5. ↑ Бірюков Євген Андрійович
  6. 1 2 Чи дійсно добровольців "витискають" з поліції?
  7. ↑ Волинських пластунів вчать прийомам спецназу, – боєць «Гарпуна»
  8. ↑ Група С14: хулігани, які ловлять сепаратистів
  9. ↑ Myrotvorets Battalion
  10. ↑ "Полк поліції особливого призначення "Миротворець"". Міністерство внутрішніх справ України. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
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