INITIATIVE
CRIMEA Battalion
Volunteer special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Crimea"
founder, commander
Akayev Isa
A volunteer unit of Crimean Tatars fighting on the side of Ukraine. It operates under the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was established in 2014 by the then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, and the unit's future commander, Isa Akayev.
