The 3rd unit participated in combat and special missions during the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (2014–2017), and in the defense of Mariupol.
Since the full-scale invasion began, it has carried out operations in Odesa, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv regions — including in Sviatohirsk, Bohorodychne, Sosnove, Tetianivka, Dolyna, Starodubivka, Piskunivka, Brusivka, Dibrova, Enerhodar, Bakhmut, Verbivka, Balakliia, Kupiansk, Stelmakhivka, Kreminna, Kopanky, Robotyne.
In June–July 2022, the unit operated near Bohorodychne.
From September 2022, the unit was active in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia directions.
From August 2022 to January 2023, the unit’s diver group operated under GUR MoD command near Enerhodar.