Why is it important?

Since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine, through its geographical position and strategic importance, Mariupol remains one of the key cities in the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation. Now, after the release of terrorists, the city plays an important role in protecting the areas controlled by Ukraine in Donbas. To protect the city and do not make it a springboard for a further advance is still a serious problem. And Mariupol remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks and attacks by hostile forces both by land and sea.

 

Since the task of protecting the city and the approaches to it is of the utmost importance to it has attracted the best units. The linear infantry battalion of the 36th Separate Brigade of marines is such an example. This navy unit, in an emergency, can protect both the city and its coastline. The battalion has participated in the battles of Shyrokine, Kominternove and Pyschevyk and contributed to  the significant expansion of controlled territories along with Mariupol itself.

Now the battalion is under the command of Major Vadim Sukharevskyi. Many may remember him as the first officer of the Armed Forces  who opened fire on the Russian invaders against  orders, thus saving the SBU "Alpha" unit.

It happened on April 13, 2014, while he was a senior lieutenant of the 80th Brigade. He is now a major, commanding a battalion of the 36th Brigade and aims to make it one of the best fighting units of the navy. The People’s Project decided to help and contribute to equipping the battalion before it became a serious problem.

Where does the money go?

Unfortunately, the unit still does not enough support from volunteers or otherwise. So it has a fairly long list of needs. Some of them, such as hardware, optics, and equipment we hope to acquire and deliver to the unit. However, for this, we urgently need the support of people.

The funds needed to increase the combat capability of the unit, as well as guaranteeing good living conditions. Below is a detailed list of what the unit needs right now. However, during the project the list might slightly change.

• 13:2806March2018

  Project budget increased by UAH 18 630. After updating the needs of the unit, the list of required positions has been changed. Instead of two thermal imagers, a gyrostabilized gimbal with a thermal imaging camera for a PC-1 copter was added to the budget, and one thermal imager was replaced with the more up-to-date Pulsar Helion XP50 model.

• 16:4710January2018

  Project budget increased by UAH 11 279. After project budget revision nonrelevant items were replaced by three tablets with memory cards and a computer for installation of specialized software.

• 16:0319September2017

  Project budget increased by UAH 105 864. The budget includes new items for the battalion's sniper unit, namely, Leica 2000 rangefinders, Kestrel 500 BT weather stations, ASE silencer and MEGA line rifle case.

• 16:2609August2017

  Project budget increased by UAH 33 463. Two new items added to the budget, namely: medical stretchers and loading platform for medical vehicles. These items will be used to equip medical van for the battalion.

• 16:3515June2017

  Project budget increased by UAH 31 399. A set of tires and two spare wheels for the Ford, previously transferred as part of this project, added to the budget.

17:3519May2017

Project budget decreased by UAH 36 977. Two laptops HP, two Lenovo tablets with memory cards and Kestrel 450 NVBT weather station added to the budget.

16:0904May2017

Project budget decreased by UAH 1 843. From budget were removed no longer relevant items, such as generators and backpacks. Also, three thermal imagers Pulsar XD50S, that still need to be purchased, replaces with a newer version of the device Pulsar XQ50S.

16:1926April2017

Project budget increased by UAH 70 560. Six scopes for machine guns Ruag GECO 1-6x24 and leapers to mount them added to the budget.

16:1020April2017

Project budget increased by UAH 108 628. One more Core FXD50 thermal imaging attachment and four tablets added to the project.

18:5911April2017

Project budget increased by UAH 1 996. The project budget was revised considering the operational needs of the units. Weapon scopes, that will be transferred as part of the "I am sniper" project and two generators were removed from the list. Instead, thermal imaging monocular Pulsar and Mikrotik router board were added to the budget.

17:0222March2017

Project budget decreased by UAH 500 due to discount from the seller of Rangefinder Leica rangemaster 2000-b.

16:5501March2017

Project budget increased by UAH 138 156. Two new items added to the list of needs: rangefinder Leica CRF 2000-B and thermal scope Pulsar Apex XD75.

18:5710February2017

Project budget increased by UAH 16 600. One hundred winter gloves and three Cube 7 tables that were transferred especially for Marines by beneficiaries were added to the budget.

19:2103February2017

Project budget increased by UAH 18 398. Two laptops HP 255 G5 for the military added to the budget.

18:0625January2017

Project budget increased by UAH 89 227. One more much needed at the front line thermal imager Pulsar Quantum XD50S added to the budget.

14:5028December2016

Project budget increased by UAH 5 775. The router and two antennas purchased to provide military with additional means of communication.

14:4727December2016

Project budget increased by UAH 8 000. Ten winter camouflage suits M-Tac provided by the benefactor added to the project budget.

16:0112December2016

Project budget increased by UAH 113 697. Four rifle scopes Bushnell 4,5-30x50 ERS 34mm deleted from the list of needs under this project. However, due to the request from the military three thermal imagers Pulsar Quantum XD50S, four spotting scopes Yukon 6-100x100 and 2700 meters of wire added to the list.

16:1508December2016

Project budget increased by UAH 31 000. To the list of needed items ten chainsaws and three battery packs Pulsar EPS5 were added.

19:4223November2016

Project budget increased by UAH 35 590. Ten pairs of active headphones, spotting scope Yukon 6-100x100 and five tablets added to the budget.

17:1222November2016

Project budget increased by UAH 109 700. The budget raised by three cars Ford F350 and production of the protective carcass for one of them. These cars were, purchased and donated to Ukrainian marines by a marine officer from the US.

16:2128October2016

Project budget decreased by UAH 15 600. Instead of ten binoculars Yukon Pro 7x50WA, four binoculars Yukon, five Barska Battalion and one Barska Deep Sea are purchased.

17:5325October2016

Project budget decreased by UAH 168 100. Hydrators and flashlights removed from the project

19:1124October2016

Project budget decreased by UAH 3 414. One of the thermal imagers Pulsar Quantum XD50S was replaced with XD38S and battery pack EPS 5.

19:0629September2016

Project budget increased by UAH 146 400. Four vehicles donated to Marines by volunteers and philanthropists added to the budget.

18:2928September2016

Project budget increased by UAH 302 000. A number of items, including thermal sights, night vision optics, etc were added to the list of needs.

14:4307August2016

Project budget decreased by UAH 36 980 due to discount on diesel generators from internet supermarket Rozetka and swapping three night-vision devices with another model, donated by Narodnyi Tyl.

15:5522August2016

Project budget decreased by UAH 16 998. One of the thermal imagers Pulsar XD50S was purchased with the significant discount.