501st Separate Naval Infantry Battalion information
Military unit
501st Separate Marine Infantry Battalion
501-й окремий батальйон морської піхоти
Shoulder patch
Founded
2003
Country
Ukraine
Allegiance
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Branch
Ukrainian Marine Corps
Type
Marines
Size
300 (2022)
Garrison/HQ
Kerch (2003-2014) Berdiansk (2014-2022)
Engagements
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
War in Donbas
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Siege of Mariupol
Commanders
Current commander
Major Yaroslav Kryklyvy
Notable commanders
Kostiantyn Bezsmertnyi Mykola Biriukov
Insignia
Shoulder patch (2014-2023)
Shoulder patch (2003-2014)
Military unit
The 501st Separate Marine Infantry Battalion (military unit A1965) is a formerly independent Marine battalion that was part of the Ukrainian defense of Crimea and later part of the Ukrainian forces in the Siege of Mariupol, where the unit's commanders switched sides and tricked most of the battalion into surrendering to Russian forces.[1]
^Koval, Mykhailo. "Speech of First Deputy to the Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Mykhailo Koval at the session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine commemorating the fifth anniversary of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine". National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian Marine Corps
