https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Tasks_Patrol_Police
The Special Tasks Patrol Police (Патрульна служба поліції особливого призначення) is a law enforcement body under the control of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was one of three bodies created to incorporate groups of unofficial (Pro-Ukraine) Volunteer Battalions into the government’s legal structure, the others being the Ukrainian National Guard and Ukrainian Army Territorial Defence Battalions, both controlled by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
Examples of Volunteer Battallions inducted into the STPP include:
- The Sich Battalion
- The Shakhtarsk Battalion (later reorganised as the Tornado Battalion)
- The Azov Battalion (later reorganised as the Azov Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard)
- The Eastern Corps Company (later reorganised as East Special Purpose Company)
- And the St Mary’s Battalion.
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