Special Tasks Patrol Police
The Special Tasks Patrol Police () is a Ukrainian volunteer corps of law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. It was originally created for prevention of criminal encroachment and defence of civil order on 15 April 2014, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the ongoing war in Donbas, the forces of the Special Tasks Patrol Police have fought against pro-Russian separatists as a paramilitary force. History. In April 2014, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create special police battalions. It was formed 56 units of  Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya. Those were companies and battalions of special tasks militsiya patrol service ( [Abbr: ]). After 2015 «About National Police» laws Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya became Special Tasks Patrol Police. As of 2016, there are regiments of Special Tasks Patrol Police, such as Dnipro-1. List of Special Tasks Patrol Police units. In addition, MIA issued an order to form two police battalions in Donetsk oblast ("Donetsk-1" police battalion and "Donetsk-2" police battalion) but they were never formed.