137th Marine Battalion (Ukraine)

[4] The personnel of the battalion carried out patrols in the Exclusive Economic Zone near the Snake Island, inducted into the Balkan Battlegroup, and participate in the "Sea Breeze" exercises and in February 2016, conducted training in Mykolaiv Oblast and Kherson Oblast[5] including multi-kilometer marches, target protection, amphibious assault, sea crossing, landing, evacuations amongst others.

[6] In the spring and summer of 2016, the battalion's howitzer artillery underwent training in Mykolaiv Oblast and the bataillon took part in the international exercises "Sea Breeze 2016".

[7] It received training from British and American instructors in military theory and the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles, respectively[8] It took part in combat operations in Mariupol during 2016.

[24] A medic of the bataillon (Ilin Mykola[25]) and another soldier (Yaroslav Serhiyovych Zhuravel[26]) were killed during the ambush and several more were wounded who were later returned after negotiations with the separatists.

[42] In March 2024, the battalion was deployed to the left Bank of the Kherson Oblast, and was highly successful in destroying Russian equipment by using FPV drones.