The OUN Battalion (Volunteer Battalion “OUN”/Добровольчий батальйон «ОУН»), was a (Pro-Ukraine) Volunteer Battalion, formed by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists, it was previously part of the Azov Battalion, then known as “Azov-2”/«Азов-2» or “Azov-Sich”/«Азов-Січ» before joining the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps under the name “Nizhin” and later becoming independent.
As of the summer of 2014, the largest separate unit of the OUN was part of it battalion «Azov». It was «Azov» that was considered by the OUN as the base site for the creation of a separate OUN battalion — «Azov-2» («Azov-Sich»). After refusing state registration, the OUN Branch decided to join the battalion to the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps «of the Right Sector». The name of the battalion was officially changed — from «Nizhin» to «OUN» Battalion.
Members of Monolith also joined the Battalion:
MGO «Monolit» is engaged in military-patriotic training, volunteering, organization of actions, lectures and film screenings.
The organization became famous for its active military training of young people. Some of the members of the organization are currently in the zone ATO in stock Carpathian Sich, Donbass, UNSO, battalion of the Kulchytskyi National Guard, OUN.
The party ended up breaking with the leadership of the OUN party and later disbanded in 2017, with its members either demobilising or scattering amongst other Ukrainian military units. After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine some of its veterans formed the UVO Company.
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