In April 2014, its establishment started in the form of Donetsk Battalion[1] In the end, instead of a battalion, the 5th Donetsk Company was established as a part of the Dnipro-1 Regiment with Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Shilov being appointed its commander.

[3][4] From 23 to 26 May 2014, the company carried out security and guardian operations during the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election in Pokrovsk Raion.

During reconnaissance operations, two separate policemen were captured, 2 AK-74s, a Mitsubishi Lancer police car of Donetsk People's Republic and 25 PM service.

At the time of returning to combat positions in the Pisky, the company ran into a convoy of DPR separatists.

[9] The company also operated in Novoazovsk and manned checkpoints there before its capture by Russian forces using tanks after which the personnel were relocated to Mariupol.