52nd Reconnaissance Battalion (Ukraine)

The battalion was established in June 2022^[1] and was mainly composed of volunteers from the Carpathian region who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[2] In the summer of 2022, it was deployed along the Ukraine-Belarus border and later saw combat during the Battle of Vuhledar, Battle of Pavlivka and the Battle of Avdiivka as part of the 68th Jaeger Brigade.^[3]

On 21 December 2022, two soldiers of the battalion (Saverchuk Volodymyr Mykhailovych^[4][5] and Senyuk Stepan Vasylovych^[6][7]) were killed in action in Pavlivka.

On 16 January 2023, two soldiers of the battalion (Chornopysky Mykhailo Ivanovych^[8][9] and Aheyev Ihor Hennadiovych^[10]) were killed in action in Prechystivka. On 5 February 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Dronyuk Volodymyr Volodymyrovych) was killed in action in Prechystivka.^[11] On 8 February 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Parenyuk Ihor Ihorovych) was killed in action in Prechystivka.^[12] On 21 February 2023, two soldiers of the battalion (Hodovanets Dmytro Hryhorovych^[13] and Honcharenko Oleksandr Anatoliovych^[14]) were killed in Pavlivka. On 3 March 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Foremsky Volodymyr Volodymyrovych) was killed in Donetsk Oblast.^[15] On 6 November 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Shavarsky Volodymyr Yaroslavovych) was killed in action in Novokalynove.^[16][17] On 11 November 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Fedyna Bohdan Mykhailovych) was killed in Vozdvyzhenka.^[18] In December 2023, the battalion fighters rescued a man trapped under the rubble of a house near Avdiivka for six days.^[19] On 25 December 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Dosyak Petro Petrovych) was killed in Donetsk Oblast.^[20]

On 6 February 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Matichyn Ihor Yaroslavovych) was killed in action in Donetsk Oblast.^[21] On 29 February 2024, three soldiers of the battalion were killed, one (Baykov Oleh Stanislavovych) in Terny^[22] and two (Fenyn Vasyl Stepanovych^[23] and Menchak Vasyl Mykolaiovych^[24]) in Lyman. On 3 March 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Hlushko Yaroslav Mykhailovych) was killed in Lyman.^[25] On 5 March 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Partyka Orest Ihorovych) was killed in Terny^[26] and another (Hnatyuk Roman Myroslavovych) in Dibrova.^[27] On 25 March 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Solovchuk Vasyl Mykhailovych) was killed in Terny^[28] and another (Sas Petro Orestovych) was killed there, the next day.^[29] On 28 March 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Dzumedze Dmytro Dmytrovych) was killed in Terny.^[30] On 7 April 2024, it stopped a massive Russian assault inflicting casualties.^[31] On 8 June 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Harasymchuk Bohdan Mykhailovych) was killed in action in Drobysheve.^[32] On 24 September 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Meleshko Mykola Mykhailovych) was killed in Torske.^[33]

On 25 February 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Sorokhan Ivan Ivanovych) was killed in Torske.^[34] On 30 March 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Havor Vasyl Ivanovych) was killed in Torske.^[35] On 15 April 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Hudyma Roman Ivanovych) was killed in action in Torske.^[36] On 26 May 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Korolov Oleksi Pavlovych) was killed in action in Torske.^[37] In May 2025, it received six quadcopters from the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration.^[38]