Kraken Ghost Battalion

Kraken Ghost Drone Battalion is a linear unit of the 21st Regiment of Unmanned Systems of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

It was first established at the beginning of 2023 as the Kraken Strike Drone Company, also more commonly known as the Kraken FPV Company, around the time of the bloody Bakhmut campaign, in which the Kraken Special Unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, subordinate to the Main Intelligence Directorate. It began to operate alongside the 92nd Mechanized Brigade in the “Garden Center” sector of the Bakhmut frontline.

In May 2025, the company hinted at the merging of fighters under a unified cause, a cause which was cemented in Ukrainian nationalism, typically found amongst those who were supporters of the National Corps party. They called for a unification of fighters under a single unit to strengthen themselves.

In August 2025, it was confirmed that the unit, alongside many other personnel from the Kraken Special Unit, had transferred to the 3rd Army Corps, led by Andriy Biletskyi, the founder of the National Corps party, and joined the 21st Regiment of Unmanned Systems.