The brigade was formed on the basis of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, the armed wing of far-right political party Right Sector.

[9] In April 2024, the Brigade was disbanded, mainly due to the loss of territory in the defense of Chasiv Yar caused by preferential treatment given to Right Sector veterans and failure to reform the old volunteer battalion structure into a standard Ukrainian Armed Forces unit.

[12] Following the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022, the DUK expanded to six battalions and its units participated in the defense of key towns such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, and many others.

[10] One of the main issues within the brigade, according to official media Ukrainska Pravda, was that the leadership allegedly separated soldiers from the Right Sector from recruits who were transferred from other parts during recent replenishments.

[1] The attitude towards these recruits were that they typically saw combat first, despite their lack of experience - leading to the brigade losing territory.