The "Kyiv-2" battalion was formed from the members of Maidan Self-Defense with most personnel being the veterans of the Soviet Afghan war and activists of the S14 organization and Svobada party as well as volunteers from Kyiv Oblast and Eastern Ukraine.

[5][6][7] On 10 October 2014, Hennadiy Moskal alleged that the battalion had left its positions in Chornukhyne and withdrew from the ATO zone without an order.

Yes, we left the village of Chornukhyne, where we stayed for exactly three weeks ... but we did not leave the ATO zone ... We went to our base, reformed, received additional heavy weapons, which the Ministry of Defense finally allowed us to allocate.

[9] It continued operations in Volnovakha* during which it provided security during the elections of People's Deputies to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 26 October 2014.

As a result of operational measures carried out by the fighters of the special battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Kyiv-2", the location of the missing woman was established, she was released, and the kidnappers were detained.

[10] On 16 November 2014, the "Kyiv-2" battalion conducted a joint operation with the Security Service of Ukraine uncovering a group of separatists near Volnovakha, of which three were captured.