Shakhtarsk Battalion

Battalion of the Special Purpose Militia Patrol Service "Shakhtarsk"
Battalion of the Special Purpose Militia Patrol Service "Shakhtarsk"
Батальйон патрульної служби міліції особливого призначення «Шахтарськ»
	Sleeve insignia of the Shakhtarsk Battalion
Foundation	2014
Dates of operation	June 2014 - October 17, 2014
Dissolved	October 17, 2014
Split to	Tornado Battalion
Country	Ukraine
Active regions	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Part of	Special Tasks Patrol Police
Allies	Armed Forces of Ukraine; Azov Battalion;
Opponents	Donetsk People's Republic; Luhansk People's Republic;
Wars	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas; Battle of Ilovaisk; ;

Battalion of the Special Purpose Militia Patrol Service "Shakhtarsk" (BPSMOP "Shakhtarsk") (Ukrainian: Батальйон патрульної служби міліції особливого призначення «Шахтарськ») is a former volunteer special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. It was created in June 2014 in the structure of the State Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and named after the town of Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast. On October 17, 2014, it was disbanded due to the discovered facts of looting. On its basis, the Tornado Company was formed.