131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/131-%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)

The 131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (officially the 131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion named after Colonel Yevhen Konovalts/131-й окремий розвідувальний батальйон імені полковника Євгена Коновальця) is a unit of the Ukrainian Army formed by members of Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense, it was originally known as the UNSO volunteer battalion, later organised as the 131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion “UNSO”, its new name was provided in 2023 as a battle honour.

Yevhen Konovalts was a leader in the original Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists, although a brief Nazi/Axis collaborator Konovalts was killed in 1938 before the Nazi invasion of Ukraine.

Interesting Links:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20220604183851/https://unso.in.ua/articles/131-y-rozvidbat-kurin-unso-narodzhenyy-viynoyu.html
• https://novynarnia.com/2023/10/01/v-zsu-zyavyvsya-bataljon-yevgena-konovalczya-prezydent-vruchyv-pochesni-najmenuvannya-i-vidznaky/

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