The Maidan Self Defence Groups (Самооборо́на Майда́ну) was a coalition of paramilitary forces formed by the All-Ukrainian Union Maidan, it was controlled by the Union’s National Resistance Headquarters while also involving some looser affiliates, such as the activists of the Sokil youth group:
“Sokol” activists took an active part in the Revolution of Dignity . As part of Maidan Self-Defense, a separate commandant squad “Sokil” was formed , which was then headed by the first deputy head of the organization Yurii Cherkashin 2
With the success of the Euromaidan uprising, the group became defunct, many units from the “Self Defence Groups” later formed the (Pro-Ukraine) Volunteer Battalions.
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