According to a report in the Volhynia Post, on May 27, soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 51st Brigade refused to be transported to Mykolayiv to fight the rebels. The soldiers refused to move and started to unload machinery and equipment.

On May 23, over 200 wives, mothers and relatives of soldiers of the 51st Brigade had blocked the roads in Volhynia and protested against the further deployment of troops to the Donbas. This was after 6 soldiers from Volhynia were killed in Donetsk (report by TSN)