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== History ==

The unit was first established as '''"Dnipro-1" Special Tasks Patrol Police Battalion''' in April 2014 on a voluntary basis as the response to [[2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine|2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]].<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/05/the_secret_of_eastern_ukraines_one_rebelfree_region.html The secret of eastern Ukraine’sUkraine's one rebel-free region], ''The Wall Street Journal'', July 8, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukrainian-city-stays-quiet-amid-war/2014/06/24/fe7f2e35-a111-4a89-93fa-9b0abdb5aa7e_story.html Ukrainian city stays quiet amid war], ''The Washington Post'', June 25, 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://vesti.ua/donbass/54309-batalon-dnepr-vzjal-kontrol-nad-zheleznoj-dorogoj Батальон "Днепр" взял контроль над железной дорогой ], Vesti.ua, May 30, 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1121132 МВД Украины создает спецподразделения по охране общественного порядка], TASS, April 15, 2014.</ref> Its assignments included duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.<ref name="enjoys strong support from the local population">[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/12/dnipropetrovsk-the-ukrainian-town-determined-to-stop-putin.html The Town Determined to Stop Putin], ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' (12 June 2014)</ref> The unit claimed to have hired [[Romania]]n and [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] military advisers to help with the training of troops.<ref name=WSJ2714/> Before June 2014 this training was often just one week.<ref name=WSJ2714/> It first operated outside [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]] in May 2014.<ref name=WSJ2714>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-secret-weapon-feisty-oligarch-ihor-kolomoisky-1403886665 Ukraine's Secret Weapon: Feisty Oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' (June 27, 2014)</ref>

The militia unit, nicknamed [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi|Kolomoyskyi's]] battalion,<ref name=WSJ2714/> was funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1".<ref>[http://links.org.au/node/3942 Ukraine’sUkraine's fractures: Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko in 'New Left Review'], (Ukrainian socialist Volodymyr Ishchenko is the founding editor in Ukraine of the journal ″Spilne″), ''New Left Review'', №No. 8, May–June 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://uanews.dp.ua/other/2014/05/19/45215.html Всі бажаючі можуть допомогти батальйону «Дніпро» і Полку національного захисту], Dnipropetrovsk news, May 19, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/press-release/206943.html Here are the payment requisites for sending funds for the battalion "Dnepr" and the Regiment of national protection needs], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 May 2014)</ref> [[Ukrainian oligarch]] [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]] (who was Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine) is believed to have spent $10 million to create the unit.<ref name="enjoys strong support from the local population" />

Commander of the unit [[Yuriy Bereza]] is since the [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] a member of the [[Ukrainian parliament]] for the [[People's Front (Ukraine)|People's Front]]; he was placed 10th on the party's election list.<ref>[https://archive.today/20141028093601/http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/peoples_front_names_top_ten_candidates_in_elections_326097 People's Front names top ten candidates in elections], [[Ukrinform]] (September 15, 2014)</ref><ref name="allcountedCECIU81114">[http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110000000/http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html |date=November 10, 2014}}, [[Ukrainian Television and Radio]] (8 November 2014)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html |date=November 12, 2014}}, [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (8 November 2014)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (8 November 2014)</ref> Member of the unit [[Volodymyr Parasyuk]] was also elected into parliament during these elections by winning the electoral district of [[Yavoriv]] with 56.56% of the votes.<ref name=BtwVZP>{{in lang|uk}} [http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/okrug/lvovskaya-oblast/odnomandatny-122 Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 122 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105005658/http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/okrug/lvovskaya-oblast/odnomandatny-122 |date=2014-11-05}}, [[RBK Ukraine]]<br />{{in lang|uk}} [http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/person/parasyuk-vladimir-zinovevich Volodymyr Parasyuk very short bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141210164319/http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/person/parasyuk-vladimir-zinovevich |date=2014-12-10}}, [[RBK Ukraine]]<br />[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/video-of-first-brawl-in-verkhovna-rada-becomes-a-youtube-hit-374217.html Video of first brawl in Verkhovna Rada becomes a YouTube hit], ''[[Kyiv Post]]'' (5 December 2014)</ref>