The unit was able to hold onto the village for five days, repelling two attempts by Ukrainian forces to storm their positions.

During the chaos of the retreat out of Piatykhatky on 19 June, the unit found itself encircled by the advancing Ukrainian forces.

The 300-man battalion was reported to have been "liquidated" to the last fighter, including their deputy commander Ayvengo Tekhov.

However, Russian officials held a memorial for the unit in Vladikavkaz, where they mourned the unit which decided to stand “to the last.”[11] The battalion's remnants, mostly consisting of their officers, support and media team were absorbed into the "Alania" volunteer battalion, which Storm Ossetia had fought alongside during the counteroffensive.

[12][13] On January 5 2025, the HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Battalion, Sergei Melnikov, and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka-Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.