On 8 December 2014, three personnel of the battalion (Mykola Viktorovych Petruchenko,[5] Serhii Mykolayovych Chop[6] and Andriy Olegovich Remenyuk[7]) were killed near Donetsk when separatists attacked their positions in Pisky.

Moreover, 15 personnel of the battalion including its commander Lt Col Kuzminykh Oleg Volodymyrovych were captured by separatists on January 20[29] and later released on 22 May.

On 20 March 2015, the battalion successfully stopped an infiltration attempt by separatists in Opytne but a soldier (Maksym Volodymyrovych Rydzanich) was killed and two more were wounded in the engagement.

[42] On 30 December 2015, the battalion received the honorary name of the Hero of Ukraine, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Zubkov who was amongst personnel of the unit being killed in action during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport directing artillery strikes till his last breath.

[51] The battalion performed demining operations in Kurakhovo and Marinka starting in March 2017[52] during which a soldier (Chipenko Rostyslav Anatoliyovych) was killed on 8 May 2017 as a result of mine explosion while saving the lives of four other personnel.

On 17 May 2022, the battalion's positions in Donetsk Oblast were shelled by Russian forces resulting in the death of one personnel (Serhii Volodymyrovych Kulyk) near Bohorodychne.

[62] The battalion saw combat throughout Luhansk Oblast in 2023 with a soldier (Andrii Volodymyrovych Artkleber) being killed on January 17[63] and another (Viktor Hryhorovych Sheludko) on 2 May 2023 near Bilohorivka.