St Mary's battalion

The Saint Mary's police company (Ukrainian: Рота поліції «Свята Марія»), later known as Saint Mary's battalion, was a Ukrainian Christian volunteer police unit known for fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

[2] From the beginning, the supporters of Brotherhood, a far right Ukrainian nationalist political party, founded the Company of Jesus Christ as part of the Azov Battalion.

After his disbandment, the company was enlarged into a battalion called St. Mary's and joined the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and later the National Police, where it was formally assigned to the special operations department.

[3] In the winter of 2014, the Saint Mary's Battalion continued to defend the strategically important city of Mariupol.

We are becoming real hunters - we need to feel the enemy, understand his tracks and plans" says Commander Seredyuk.

[4] Ternopil police officer Ivan Soldak, nickname "Brest", acted as an assistant commander for relations with state, public and volunteer organizations.

The first commander of the Saint Mary's Battalion Dmytro Linko
The last commander Alexey Seredyuk