East Company (Ukraine)

East Company
East Company
Ukrainian: Компанія Схід
Active	2014–present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Type	Special Tasks Patrol Police
Role	Elite Force for Special Operations
Size	100
Garrison/HQ	Kharkiv
Nickname(s)	Scythians; Orientals; Black hundred of Kharkiv
Motto(s)	"It is better to be than to give up!"; "Slaves are not allowed to heaven!"
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian War Anti-drug operations; 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine 2014 Kharkiv unrest; ; War in Donbass Shyrokyne standoff; ; 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Kharkiv; 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive; Battle of Bakhmut; ; ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Serhii Bohdanovskyi
Notable; commanders	Oleg Viktorovych Shiryaev
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The East Company also known as Skhid Company or Scythian Company and formerly known as the Eastern Corps Company is an elite "rapid response" unit of the Special Police Forces and is subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. It is tasked with a variety of special operations and is also tasked with repelling separatist attempts in Kharkiv Oblast. It was established in 2014 in Kharkiv. Its military wing has seen heavy combat throughout the War in Donbass and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also has a public wing which performs a variety of tasks.