Svitiaz Company (Ukraine)

[2] On 12 July 2014, after completing a month-long training course, the company swore allegiance to Ukraine, Colonel Petro Shpyga, said in his welcoming speech:Today is the day when I see before me a fully combat-ready unit that will perform the most difficult tasks assigned to it.

You made a balanced decision to fulfill your duty with honor and dignity for the benefit of the people of Ukraine[3] On 14 August 2014, the company was deployed to fight in the ATO zone.

[7][8] On 29 August 2014, during the Battle of Ilovaisk, the Ukrainian forces including the personnel of the company, while retreating via the humanitarian corridor were ambushed, six soldiers of the company (Serhii Petrovych Pominkevich,[9] Maksym Volodymyrovych Lyashuk,[10] Oleksandr Mykolayovych Satsyuk,[11] Shoukha Victor Hryhorovych,[12] Siviy Oleksandr Anatoliyovych[13] and Stolyarchuk Myroslav Stanislavovych[14]) are killed as a result of the ambush.

During the Battle, the commander directed artillery fire himself, after which the company personnel broke through the encirclement and then marched 15 kilometers to Artemivsk.

[6] In February 2015, in relation with ref company's actions during the Battle of Debaltseve, the company's commander Oleksandr Yuriyovych Facevych and deputy commander Hryhoriy Oleksandrovych Rubchuk were granted a "branded firearm", moreover Makar Oleksandrovych Chayuk and Oleksandr Valentinovych Pinchuk were awarded the Badge for Bravery and 30 personnel were awarded the Badge for Distinction in Service.