Special Police Forces (Ukraine)

In April 2014, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create battalions of special purpose within the Ministry of Internal Affairs structure.^[5] Their goal was to protect public order and important facilities across Ukraine, but all of these units were eventually sent to the east to counter Russian aggression.^[2] After the reformation of National Police in 2015, the units were reformed as Special Task Patrol Police units.^[4]

The SPF inducted its first Offensive Guard Police Brigade in February 2023 to cope with the needs of the NPU in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Liut (Fury) Brigade was activated that month on orders from the MIA of Ukraine and is composed of personnel from the SPF formations.

• Bohdan Company, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
• Chernihiv Company, Chernihiv Oblast
• Dnipro-1 Regiment, Dnipro Oblast
  • Armored Battalion
  • 2nd Company
  • Aerorozvidka
  • 5th Company Donetsk
  • Krym Company
• East Company, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
• Ivano-Frankivsk Company, Ivano-Frankivsk
• Kherson Company, Kherson, Kherson Oblast
• Kryvbas Company, Dnipro Oblast
• Kyiv Regiment, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
  • 1st Police Company Kyiv-1
  • 2nd Police Company Kyiv-2
  • 3rd Police Company Zoloti Vorota
  • 4th Police Company Sich
• Lviv Battalion, Lviv, Lviv Oblast
• Liut Brigade, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
  • Tsunami Assault Regiment
  • Safari Assault Regiment
  • Luhansk-1 Special Purpose Police Battalion
• Myrotvorets Regiment, Kyiv
  • 2nd Kyivschyna Company
  • 3rd Company Harpoon
  • 4th Company
• Poltava Battalion, Poltava, Poltava Oblast
• Shtorm Battalion, Odesa, Odesa Oblast
• Sicheslav Company, Dnipro, Dnipro Oblast
• Skif Battalion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
  • Berda Company
• Sumy Company, Sumy, Sumy Oblast
• Svitiaz Company, Volyn Oblast
• Sviatoslav Company, Kirovohrad Oblast
• Ternopil Company, Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
• Vinnytsya Battalion, Vinnytsia Oblast
• Zakhid Battalion, Volyn Oblast

• Azov Battalion (батальйон "Азов") – a volunteer battalion which became notable for its participation on the Battle of Mariupol and controversial as it was formed by members coming from ultranationalist and neonazi parties.^[6][7] In September 2014, it was expanded into a regiment and transferred to the command of the National Guard of Ukraine.^[6]
• Shakhtarsk Battalion (батальйон ПСМОП "Шахтарськ") – A former all volunteer territorial defence battalion of mostly former convicts from Donbas established in Shakhtarsk in June 2014 (because the battalion is reporting to the Interior Ministry its members became formally police officers).^[8] In October 2014 the unit was disbanded after 50 members of the battalion were accused of looting and hooliganism.^[9] The battalion was then resurrected as the "Tornado" police battalion.^[8]
• Tornado battalion – After the "Shakhtarsk" police battalion was disbanded in October 2014 after 50 members of the battalion were accused of looting and hooliganism.^[9] it was resurrected as the "Tornado" police battalion.^[8] The battalion was about 100 people strong and most members were former convicts from Donbas (because the battalion is reporting to the Interior Ministry its members were formally police officers).^[8] On 18 June 2015 the unit was disbanded after members were accused of looting, rape and torture.^[10][11] Initially the battalion refused to stop operations and disarm.^[12] Former battalion members were accused and arrested for smuggling cast iron from territory under separatist control.^[13]

• Rapid Operational Response Unit