Artan Unit

Artan Unit
Artan Unit
Артан
	Artan insignia
Founded	June 2022
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Main Directorate of Intelligence
Type	Spetsnaz battalion
Role	Reconnaissance, counteroffensive and sabotage
Part of	Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Motto	Latin: Scimus. Invenimus. Delemus (We Know. We Find. We Destroy)
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Northern Ukraine campaign Battle of Kyiv; ; Eastern Ukraine campaign 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive Battle of Kupiansk; ; Battle of Bakhmut; Battle of Chasiv Yar; 2024 Kharkiv offensive; ; Southern Ukraine campaign Dnieper campaign; Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis; ; Crimea campaign; Black Sea campaign; Snake Island campaign; Western Russia campaign; ; ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Viktor Torkotyuk

The Artan unit is a Ukrainian battalion-level military unit, part of the spetsnaz units of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine formed in 2022 as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has taken part in multiple combat operations throughout the Russo-Ukrainian War.