Ukrainian Volunteer Army
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| Ukrainian Volunteer Army | |
|---|---|
| Українська добровольча армія | |
 Insignia | |
| Active | 2015 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Type | Volunteer formation |
| Role | Light infantry |
| Engagements | War in Donbas |
| Commanders | |
| Current Commander | Dmytro Yarosh ("Yastrub") |
| Insignia | |
| Battle flag |  |
The Ukrainian Volunteer Army (Ukrainian: Українська добровольча армія, УДА, romanized: Ukrayinsʹka dobrovolʹcha armiya, UDA) is a volunteer paramilitary formation founded in December 2015 by Ukrainian nationalist Dmytro Yarosh.
The Ukrainian Volunteer Army was formed after a split from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps when Dmytro Yarosh and his associates left the Right Sector party. Yarosh used some of the Volunteer Corps — more specifically the 5th and 8th Battalions, as well the Hospitallers Medical Battalion — as a basis for his new formation.[1] Like the DUK, the Volunteer Army remained independent and not a part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[2] The group took part in the later stages of the Donbas War until 2018, when it was announced they would withdraw from the frontlines and announced they would focus on the construction of the territorial defense units.[3] The formation was reactivated in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
History[edit]
Founding[edit]
With the breakout of the War in Eastern Ukraine in 2014, the right-wing Ukrainian nationalist party Right Sector, known for its involvement in the Euromaidan, created the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps as a military response the rise of Pro-Russian separatist forces in the Donbas. The formation was led by the Right Sector's leader and founder Dmytro Yarosh.[4]
On 11 November 2015, Yarosh and some of his associates announced they would be leaving the leadership of the Right Sector. In December of the same year, he announced the creation a new military formation, the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, using as basis some of units of the Volunteer Ukrainian Corps: the 5th and 8th Battalions and the Hospitallers Medical Battalion.[5] The Ukrainian Volunteer Army would remain an independent military formation but would cooperate with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[2]
Combat history[edit]
War in Donbas[edit]
In February 2016 , the Ukrainian Volunteer Army took part in the Battle of Avdiivka. As the 5th UDA Battalion UDA, together with the Ukrainian Ground Forces' 74th Reconnaissance Battalion conducted a combat operation, taking positions in the Avdiiv industrial zone and fighting control of a part of the Donetsk-Horlivka highway in the area of the Yasynuvat junction.[6]
In June 2016, the 8th Battalion UDA was deployed to Shyrokyne to fight the battle over the region, performing reconnaissance operations against local separatist forces.[7]
On October 14, 2018 , during the celebration of the Defender of Ukraine Day in the city of Dnipro, the commander of the UDA Dmytro Yarosh announced that the 5th and 8th separate battalions of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army would be leaving the front line. In particular, he noted: "On this day, I announce that the 5th and 8th separate battalions of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army are leaving the front line, but we are not leaving the war. As long as the war continues, we will participate in it. Today, the most important task for the UDA is the construction of territorial defense units, which would have a clear functionality."[8]
Russian invasion of 2022[edit]
With the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dmytro Yarosh mobilized the Ukrainian Volunteer Army to fight against the Russian invaders. The UDA has been expanded and reorganized into six battalions, the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, other three suport battalions and a center for coordinating partisan operations.[9]
During the summer and autumn, for several months, the main part of the units of the UDA were concentrated in the south of Ukraine, taking part of the Southern Ukraine campaign with both regular forces and partisans, including the counteroffensive in Kherson.[10]
Structure[edit]
As of 2022, the structure of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army consists of:[11]
- The main headquarters of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army
- Administrative department
- Department of interaction with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other power structures of Ukraine
- Military field gendarmerie
- Department of social protection of volunteers
- Security Service
- 1st separate battalion
- 3rd separate battalion (Dnipro)
- 5th separate battalion
- 7th separate battalion "AREY"
- 8th separate battalion "Aratta"
- Cnsolidated unit "UDA-South"
- Medical Battalion "Hospitaliers"
- UDA Training Center
- The center of the UDA partisan movement in the occupied territories .
References[edit]
- ↑ ""Червень" (Андрій Гергерт): "Ми вільні. Бачимо ворога – вбиваємо" - портал новин LB.ua". 2019-12-08. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "«Червень» (Андрій Гергерт): «Ми вільні. Бачимо ворога – вбиваємо»". LB.ua. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ↑ "Ярош заявил о выводе своих подразделений из Донбасса". «Страна.ua». 2018-10-15. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yarosh assembles 'Donbas' special battalion Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (24 April 2014) Ukraine's extremists forming battalion in Donetsk region Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, ITAR-TASS (24 April 2014)
- ↑ archive.wikiwix.com https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://sectorpravdy.com/ua/news/duknews/1395-zaiava-komandyriv-i-biitsiv-boiovykh-batalioniv-duk-ps. Retrieved 2023-01-13. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ ВАЛАХ, Олекса. "Українська добровольча армія нагадує, що війна триває та запрошує до навчального центру. ДНІПРОГРАД". archive.wikiwix.com (in українська). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ archive.wikiwix.com https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/sili-ato-zahopili-v-polon-visim-teroristiv-dnr-i-shche-troh-znishchili-158487.html#&. Retrieved 2023-01-13. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ archive.wikiwix.com https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/video-yarosh-ukrainska-dobrovolcha-armia/29544409.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url. Retrieved 2023-01-13. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Нардепка Яна Зінкевич стала заступником командувача УДА - Новини Києва | Big Kyiv". Великий Київ (in українська). 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ "Українські партизани підірвали військкомат в Херсоні, - Братчук | Еспресо". espreso.tv (in українська). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ "Нардепка Яна Зінкевич стала заступником командувача УДА - Новини Києва | Big Kyiv". Великий Київ (in українська). 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
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