[7] In late 2016, the battalion matched 250 km after special training[7] and performed operations in the Mariupol's "gray zone".

[9] A soldier (Pronchuk Taras Viktorovych) of the battalion was killed while operating on the post on February 16, 2017 as a result of shelling and firing by the separatists in Vodiane.

[13] On March 17, 2017, in another attack on the battalion's position in Vodiane led to the deaths of two soldiers of the bataillon (Halaichuk Leonid Leonidovych[14] and Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kondratyuk[15]) were killed.

[43] Similarly on July 20 2020, another soldier (Overko Kostyantyn Ihorovych) was severely wounded by separatists near the village of Pivdenne and died on September 24 2020 after having undergone more than 30 surgeries.

[44][45][46][47][48][49] On 2 February 2021, in yet another engagement in Shumy, a soldier of the battalion (Dmytro Leonidovych Vlasenko) was killed in action.

During the battle the battalion's deputy commander (Chornomorets Oleg Vasyliovych) was killed in action on 9th March and was awarded Hero of Ukraine.

Former US Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer believed the claim to be spotty, explaining that the captives appeared to be nearly unscathed and wore outfits which did not match the official Ukrainian marines uniform.

[60] On August 9 2023 the battalion's medic (Yarish Serhiy Andriyovych) was killed by Russian forces in Urozhaine.

[61] On September 8, 2023 during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, when the Russian forced were concentrating their efforts to the north of the Avdiivka in the Kamianka front,[62] the battalion along with 59th Motorized Brigade conducted a coordinated assault operation at Opytne.

[63] On 23 October 2023, another medic of the battalion (Dmytro Mykhailovych Potapenko) was killed by Russian forces in Kherson Oblast.