context: The battalion was created in the beginning of May 2014 at the initiative of Sergei Melnichuk (former commandant of the "Maidan Self-Defense" [3]), the following 80-100 volunteers were selected and sent to the battalion by A. V. Parubiy [4]. Many fighters from the "Maidan Self-Defense" [5] and activists of the Euromaidan joined the battalion. Unlike other territorial defense battalions created before the beginning of September 2014, military commissariats did not take part in manning the Aydar battalion - the battalion commander himself was involved in the recruitment of candidates for the unit [6].
question: When was the 24th separate Aidar Assault Battalion formed?
answers.text: the beginning of May 2014