The First Company of the Special-Purpose Kyiv Regiment (Ukrainian: 1-ша рота полку особливого призначення «Київ», romanized: 1-sha rota polku osoblyvoho pryznachennia «Kyiv»), formerly known as the Kyiv-1 Battalion (Ukrainian: Батальйон «Київ-1», romanized: Batalion «Kyiv-1») is a battalion of the National Police of Ukraine's Special Police Forces.
[4] Afterwards, it was moved to Kyiv, where it protected the city centre[2] before being sent to the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone in the Donbas on 1 July 2014.
[5] In the Donbas, the Kyiv-1 Battalion participated in the recapture of Mykolaivka from the Donetsk People's Republic[6] and announced a hunt for separatist leader Igor Girkin.
Eternal memory of the martyrs: "Agra, the Frontier, 210th, Hriton and others" During the 7 August 2014 clashes between the Maidan Self-Defence [uk] and the Kyiv municipal authorities trying to remove barricades, the Kyiv-1 Battalion provided support to the authorities.
[citation needed] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the battalion fought in the battles of Kyiv and Avdiivka.