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5th Battalion Tactical Group (Ukraine)
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5th Battalion Tactical Group is a Battalion tactical group of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and is subordinated to 81st Aeromobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces. It was established in 2015 as a combined arms warfare unit and since then, has taken part in multiple engagements. It is garrisoned at Talakivka in Poltava Oblast.
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On December 31, 2014, the directive for establishment of the battalion at Kremenchuk was signed[1] and it was supposed to be headquartered at the base of 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment, but due to space unavailability the plan was ultimately changed in favor of establishing a new base at Zhytomyr.[2]
Its establishment started at the 37th combined military training ground near Zhytomyr in March 2015[1] and the unit received personnel, equipment and weapons, and additional training was carried out till June 2015.[1] Many volunteers, including the famous writer, Oleg Anatoliyovych Chuyko also volunteered as a part of the battalion and Oleg Anatoliyovych Chuyko became the battalion's first commander.[3][4]
On June 12, 2015, after complete preparation it was deployed to ATO zone[5] especially at the city of Mykolaivka in Donetsk Oblast.[1] It became a part of the 81st Aeromobile Brigade on 16 June 2015.[5]
In January 2019, the battalion was deployed from Mykolaivka to Terentiivka.[6]
In March 2022, the battalion was deployed to Zaporizhzhia Oblast where since then, it has been actively taking part in the Battle of Huliaipole.[7]
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