On August 19,1991 in the fight against the State Committee of Extraordinary Situations (GKChP) UMA creates UNSO, a Ukrainian self-defense organization, around a small group of ethnically Ukrainian Soviet army veterans who fought in Afghanistan.
On August 19,1991 in the fight against the State Committee of Extraordinary Situations (GKChP) UNS creates squads of the Ukrainian People's Self-Defense (UNSO) in Kiev. The squads were formed around a small group of ethnically Ukrainian Soviet army veterans who fought in Afghanistan.