'Fury', also spelled Lyut), is an assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine formed on January 13, 2023, as a merger of three Special Purpose units from the War in Donbas.
During outbreak of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Denys Monastyrsky, then Minister of Internal Affairs, sought to restructure these units shortly before his death.
The nascent brigade was rushed into creation to stop a Russian advance on Kyiv, and Netrebko noted that their presence shocked many members of the Ukrainian military, with one soldier coming up to him and asking "The police are at war?
"[4] The units were also open to new recruitment, seeing a surge of civilian enlistment during and after the Battle of Kyiv, and the Brigade is noted as having a higher concentration of woman soldiers when compared to other Ukrainian military formations.
[6][7] On 15 March, 2024, an airstrike on Odesa killed 21 individuals, including Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gostischev, the commander of the Tsunami regiment.