11th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)
11th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, formerly known as the 11th Territorial Defense Battalion "Kyivan Rus", is a battalion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces created in 2014.
History
On March 19, 2014, Operation Command North established the 11th Territorial Defense Battalion, nicknamed "Kyivan Rus". By May 4, the troops for the unit were approved, marking the beginning of this battalion. For the next month, the personnel were trained at the 169th Training Centre in the city of Desna.War in Donbas
After completing training, the troops of the battalion were then stationed for duty at roadblocks in Sloviansk, where they routinely identify and hand over pro-Russian separatists to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.On August 9, 2014, the battalion's recon unit successfully captured 4 militants at the train station at Fashchivka. They were later handed over to the Security Service of Ukraine.
On August 15, some soldiers of the battalion were ambushed in the village of, near Zorynsk. Two members of the battalion were killed, and another two were wounded.
In the early morning of August 19, units of the Russian Ground Forces used BM-21 Grad rockets to fire on the positions of the battalion. As a result, 10 soldiers were wounded, 60% of the equipment, including 26 automobile equipments, were destroyed.
From September 20 to 27, the battalion repelled attacks on checkpoints in the village of, about 10 kilometers east of Debaltseve. The Ukrainian defenses in the area stretched for about.