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48th Separate Assault Battalion named for Noman Çelebicihan

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Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
Батальйон імені Номана Челебіджіхана
Crimean Tatar: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı
LeaderLenur Islyamov [uk]
Dates of operation18 September 2016 – late 2016
24 February 2022[1]–present
Headquarters Kherson Oblast
Active regionsKherson Oblast
Size250+
560 (planned)
Part of SBGS
AlliesUkraine Ukraine
Turkey Turkey[2]
OpponentsRussia Russia
 Donetsk People's Republic
 Luhansk People's Republic
Battles and warsWar in Donbas
Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The 48th Separate Assault Battalion named for Noman Çelebicihan, (Ukrainian: 48-й окремий штурмовий батальйон ім. Номана Челебіджіхана, Crimean Tatar: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı), formerly known as the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, is a unit of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The battalion currently forms part of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine).[3] The unit was first formed in 2016, by Crimean Tatar volunteers opposed to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, but was disbanded that same year.[4]

Many of battalion's former soldiers returned to military service in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The 48th Assault Battalion was eventually reconstituted from elements of the 251st Territorial Defense Battalion. Though the unit is named for a famous Crimean Tatar politician, and many of its officers and enlisted men are Crimean Tatars, it is not a monoethnic unit, and any Ukrainian citizen can join.[3] Most of its soldiers come from the South of Ukraine and Russian-occupied Crimea.

History

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The battalion emerged from participants in the 2015 activist-led blockade of Crimea that stopped Ukrainian cargo from reaching the Crimean peninsula.[5][6][7] The battalion was planned to include 560 people.[5]

The Crimean Tatar battalion reportedly received assistance from a volunteer Turkey in 2016 shortly after founding.[2]

In 2016 the battalion helped the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the region bordering Crimea. The battalion virtually ceased to exist around the end of the same year, with many of its volunteers joining other battalions or enlisting into the Ukrainian army.[7]

Crimean News Agency [tr] (Crimean Tatar: Qırım Haber Ajansı) reported that the battalion was formed again on February 24, 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

On June 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion as a terrorist organization.[8]

At the beginning of December 2024, the 48th Assault Battalion successfully dislodged Russian forces from the village of Novyi Komar, which they had occupied in an ongoing attempt to encircle the nearby town of Velyka Novosilka.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bilal, Anife (3 August 2022). "Savaşın başından bu yana 10 kişi Numan Çelebicihan Taburu üyesi olma iddiasıyla alıkonuldu". qha.com.tr. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Crimean Tatar battalion got help from Turkey". qha.com.ua. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Головна - 48 Окремий Штурмовий Батальйон". Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  4. ^ "First pictures of the Batallion n.a. Noman Çelebicihan posted". qha.com.ua. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Crimea blockade activists to form volunteer battalion". ukrinform.net. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Tatar Activists to Extend Their Blockade of Crimea to the Sea". newsweek.com. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Ukraine's Crimean Tatars are set to start patrolling the border". newsweek.com. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ^ Единый федеральный список организаций, в том числе иностранных и международных организаций, признанных в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации
  9. ^ "Ukraine's 48th Battalion pushes Russian forces out of Novyi Komar in Donetsk Oblast – DeepState, video". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
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