5th Battalion Tactical Group (Ukraine)

On December 31, 2014, the directive for establishment of the battalion at Kremenchuk was signed^[1] and it was supposed to be headquartered at the base of 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment, but due to space unavailability the plan was ultimately changed in favor of establishing a new base at Zhytomyr.^[2]

Its establishment started at the 37th combined military training ground near Zhytomyr in March 2015^[1] and the unit received personnel, equipment and weapons, and additional training was carried out till June 2015.^[1] Many volunteers, including the famous writer, Oleg Anatoliyovych Chuyko also volunteered as a part of the battalion and Oleg Anatoliyovych Chuyko became the battalion's first commander.^[3][4]

On June 12, 2015, after complete preparation it was deployed to ATO zone^[5] especially at the city of Mykolaivka in Donetsk Oblast.^[1] It became a part of the 81st Aeromobile Brigade on 16 June 2015.^[5]

In January 2019, the battalion was deployed from Mykolaivka to Terentiivka.^[6]

In March 2022, the battalion was deployed to Zaporizhzhia Oblast where since then, it has been actively taking part in the Battle of Huliaipole.^[7]

• Oleg Anatoliyovych Chuyko (2015)^[8]
• Gerasimenko Ihor Leonidovych (2016–2021)
• Ishkulov Emil Shamilovich (2022-)^[7]