Dnipro-1 Regiment

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 unrest in Ukraine.[https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/05/the_secret_of_eastern_ukraines_one_rebelfree_region.html The secret of eastern Ukraine's one rebel-free region], The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2014.[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.{{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.{{in lang|ru}} [http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1121132 МВД Украины создает спецподразделения по охране общественного порядка], TASS, April 15, 2014. Its assignments included duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.[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) The unit claimed to have hired Romanian and Georgian military advisers to help with the training of troops. Before June 2014 this training was often just one week. It first operated outside Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in May 2014.[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)

The militia unit, nicknamed Kolomoyskyi's battalion, was funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1".[http://links.org.au/node/3942 Ukraine'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.{{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.[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) 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.

Commander of the unit Yuriy Bereza is since the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election a member of the Ukrainian parliament for the People's Front; he was placed 10th on the party's election list.[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)[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)
[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)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC], Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) 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.{{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
{{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
[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)

The unit was involved in the liberation of Lyman during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Reports (2016) published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights documented a worrying case of punitive damage to property in Donetsk by members of the armed groups targeting the house of a member of the Government-affiliated 'Dnipro-1' battalion.{{Clarification needed|date=February 2023}} "On 20 January, a group of ‘Dnipro-1’ battalion members raided a house in Avdiivka, severely beating a man, subjecting him to asphyxiation with a plastic bag and mock execution."{{Cite web |title=Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 August to 15 November 2016 |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/UAReport16th_EN.pdf |access-date=2022-09-09}}
• From the reports (2016) by Global Rights Compliance LLP: "For example, <UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine> has documented specific allegations of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and ill-treatment by the members of volunteer battalions such as "Aydar", "Dnipro-1", "Kyiv-1" and "Kyiv-2"; "The Volodymyr Kulmatytsky case gives rise to similar questions concerning the absence of war crimes charges. The accused persons in this case were charged with illegal confinement (Article 146(2)) and illegally handling arms (Article 263(1)). It is alleged that Mr Kulmatytsky, former deputy mayor of Sloviansk, was kidnapped by three soldiers and one commander (Mr. A) of the Battalion Dnipro-1 (Ukrainian police) and murdered later that day by Mr. A. Mr. A was informed that Mr. Kulmatytsky was involved in financing DPR formations".{{cite web |url=http://www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/bc006cfbcfa0653f85c62829b9a81ea7.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.globalrightscompliance.com |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404215541/http://www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/bc006cfbcfa0653f85c62829b9a81ea7.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}
• On 24 December 2014, Amnesty International reported that the unit was blocking humanitarian aid sent from Ukraine by another Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov reaching the population in the separatist-controlled areas; over half the population in these areas depend on food aid. The reason the aid was being blocked by the Dnipro, Aidar and Donbas battalions is that the battalions "believe food and clothing are ending up in the wrong hands and may be sold instead of being given as humanitarian aid."[https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eastern-ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-looms-food-aid-blocked-2014-12-23 Amnesty International] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210200305/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eastern-ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-looms-food-aid-blocked-2014-12-23 |date=2015-02-10 }}, "Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian disaster looms as food aid blocked", Amnesty International 24 December 2014. Denis Krivosheev, acting Director of Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International, stated that "using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime".{{cite web |title=Amnesty International {{!}} Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian disaster looms as food aid blocked |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/eastern-ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-looms-food-aid-blocked-2014-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227091442/http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/eastern-ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-looms-food-aid-blocked-2014-12-24 |archive-date=2014-12-27 |website=www.amnesty.org}}{{POV statement|date=January 2015}}

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• Management & Headquarters
• 25px 1st Armored Company
• 25px 2nd Infantry Company
• 25px 3rd Aerorozvidka Group
• 22px 4th Kryvbas Company
• 22px 5th Donetsk-1 Company
• 22px 6th Krym Company

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