Pechersk Battalion

«Pechersk» Battalion" (Батальйон «Печерськ») is a volunteer Ukrainian armed formation that took part in the war in eastern Ukraine.

[1][2][3] The battalion was created on the basis of activists of the Ukrainian socio-political organization «Ukrainian National Union»,[4] «Self-defense of the Pechersk district of Kiev»,[5] public organization «Fashionable sentence»"", the battalion included ultras of FC Dynamo Kyiv, Metalist Kharkov, CSKA Kyiv and others, and recruitment of new volunteers was also carried out.

The unit's fighters fought with captured weapons, including those seized in battles near Luhansk.

The unit appealed to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Heletei with a request to grant it official status and provide weapons.

As of 19.09.2014, the battalion's servicemen were serving at 4 checkpoints in several districts of the Luhansk region.